TAILIEUCHUNG - Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Review Open Access The Health Utilities Index
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Review Open Access The Health Utilities Index (HUI®): concepts, measurement properties and applications John Horsman1,2,3, William Furlong*1,2,3, David Feeny1,4 and George Torrance1,2,3,5 Address: 1Health Utilities Inc., Dundas, ON, Canada, 2Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 3Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 4Institute of Health Economics and University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and 5Innovus Research Inc., Burlington, ON, Canada Email: John Horsman - horsmanj@; William Furlong* - furlongb@; David Feeny - feeny@; George Torrance - torrance@ * Corresponding author Published: 16 October 2003 Health and Quality of Life. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Review Open Access The Health Utilities Index HUI concepts measurement properties and applications John Horsman1 2 3 William Furlong 1 2 3 David Feeny1 4 and George Torrance1 2 3 5 Address 1Health Utilities Inc. DundaS ON Canada 2Department of Clinical Epidemiology and BiostatisticS McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada 3Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada 4Institute of Health Economics and University of Alberta Edmonton AB Canada and 5Innovus Research Inc. Burlington ON Canada Email John Horsman - horsmanj@ William Furlong - furlongb@ David Feeny - feeny@ George Torrance - torrance@ Corresponding author Published 16 October 2003 Received 31 July 2003 Accepted 16 October 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1 54 r This article is available from http content 1 1 54 2003 Horsman et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract This is a review of the Health Utilities Index HUI multi-attribute health-status classification systems and single- and multi-attribute utility scoring systems. HUI refers to both HUI Mark 2 HUI2 and HUI Mark 3 HUI3 instruments. The classification systems provide compact but comprehensive frameworks within which to describe health status. The multi-attribute utility functions provide all the information required to calculate single-summary scores of health-related quality of life HRQL for each health state defined by the classification systems. The use of HUI in clinical studies for a wide variety of conditions in a large number of countries is illustrated. HUI provides comprehensive reliable responsive and valid measures of health status and HRQL for subjects in clinical .
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