Quality of life utilities for pelvic inflammatory disease health states

• Published in: Sexually transmitted diseases Vol. 35; no. 3; p. 307
• Main Authors: Smith, Kenneth J, Tsevat, Joel, Ness, Roberta B, Wiesenfeld, Harold C, Roberts, Mark S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Case-Control Studies; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Female; Health Status; Humans; Pain Measurement; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - complications; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - economics; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - psychology; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - therapy; Pelvic Pain; Pennsylvania; Quality of Life; Surveys and Questionnaires; Women's Health; Pennsylvania

Quality of life utilities for health states associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) have been estimated but not directly measured. Utilities for PID could have important implications on the cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent and manage this disease. We obtained, in women with v...