The Health Utilities Index (HUI): concepts, measurement properties and applications

• Published in: Health and quality of life outcomes Vol. 1; no. 1; p. 54
• Main Authors: Horsman, John, Furlong, William, Feeny, David, Torrance, George
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.10.2003; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Female; Health Status; Health Utilities Index; HRQL; HUI; HUI2; HUI3; Humans; Male; Multi-attribute; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Psychometrics - instrumentation; QALYs; Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods; Quality of Life; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Reproducibility of Results; Review; Review paper; Sickness Impact Profile; Single-attribute; Surveys and Questionnaires; Utilities; Utility scores

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 fra...