The standard gamble method: what is being measured and how it is interpreted.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:The Standard Gamble (SG) technique is recommended for measurement of individuals' preferences under uncertainty and to express the outcome of different therapeutic choices in utility values to be used in clinical decision analysis and health program evaluation. The article alerts users of this technique to problems stemming from inappropriate interpretation of results of measurements using the SG method. STUDY DESIGN:We review different situations where the SG method is used to measure individuals' or group preferences. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:We demonstrate inappropriate interpretation of the time dimension at the individual level; issues stemming from the aggregation of individual utility values measured using different time horizons; the potential for double counting of the time preference effect when discounting future quality-adjusted life years (QALYs); and problems associated with using the SG technique to measure temporary health states. CONCLUSIONS:The inappropriate interpretations stem mainly either from ignoring the time dimension, which is inextricably bound to the health of the individual, or form adding assumptions, in addition to those required by von Neumann-Morgenstern (vNM) utility theory, that are not supported by empirical evidence. An alternative approach to QALYs, the healthy years equivalent (HYE), which incorporates the SG but avoids many of these problems, is described.

journal_name

Health Serv Res

journal_title

Health services research

authors

Gafni A

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-06-01 00:00:00

pages

207-24

issue

2

eissn

0017-9124

issn

1475-6773

journal_volume

29

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