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Table 2 Characteristics of patients expressing a “utility” value less than one

From: Willingness to pay for a quality-adjusted life year: an evaluation of attitudes towards risk and preferences

 

Mean (95% CI)

Median (IQ range)

Percentages (95% CI)

Age (years)

67.9 (66.5–69.3)

71 (59–80)

 

Sex (female)

  

69.3% (65.1–73.5%)

Spanish nationality

  

96.0% (94.2–97.9%)

Superior education

  

30.9% (26.7–35.1%)

Social group

   

Manager, Director

  

7.9% (5.4–10.5%)

Intermediate positions

  

12.1% (9.1–15.1%)

Skilled non-manual worker

  

23.4% (19.5–27.3%)

Skilled manual worker

  

24.0% (20.1–27.9%)

Partially skilled manual worker

  

13.2% (10.0–16.3%)

Unskilled manual worker

  

19.4% (15.8–23.0%)

Family members

2.6 (2.5–2.7)

2 (2–3)

 

Adjusted family income (€1,000)

0.816 (0.774–0.859)

0.600 (0.500–1.000)

 

Another insurance

  

14.2% (11.0–17.4%)

Chronic condition

  

86.1% (82.9–89.4%)

Hospitalizations

  

34.7% (30.3–39.0%)

Doctor consultations/year

13.0 (12.0–14.1)

10 (5–17)

 

Current tobacco consumption

  

16.1% (12.7–19.5%)

Excessive alcohol consumption

  

4.2% (2.3–6.1%)

Other drug consumption

  

0.8% (0.2–2.1%)

Self-perceived inclination to risk (1–10)

4.8 (4.6–5.1)

5 (2–7)

 

Inclination to risk

  

7.6% (5.1–10.1%)

VAS – EuroQol-5D-3 L

60.3 (58.3–62.3)

60 (50–80)

 

EuroQol-5D-3 L Utilities

0.56 (0.54–0.59)

0.65 (0.37–0.79)

 
  1. 95% CI: Confidence Interval 95%.
  2. IQ range: Interquartile range (25–75 percentile).
  3. VAS-EuroQol-5D-3 L: Visual Analog Scale of EuroQol-5D-3 L questionnaire.