dc.contributor.advisor | Scuffham, Paul | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Whitty, Jennifer | |
dc.contributor.author | Kularatna, Muhandiramalage Sanjeewa Madura | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-23T02:47:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-23T02:47:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.25904/1912/82 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366945 | |
dc.description.abstract | For any country it is impossible to afford all the health programmes, medicines and technologies that might be available to improve the health of the people. Thus, some systematic method of prioritisation is required and resources must be concentrated where health improvement is maximized. Health improvement is twofold: length of life and quality of life for the community. The concept of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) encompasses both, and is the preferred outcome measure in health resource allocation decisions. Quality of life is valued by the preference weights given for different health states. These weights, called utility weights, are accrued from the preference of people using preference elicitation methods. However, it is doubtful whether utility weights mostly used in high income countries are applicable to Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Socio-economic and cultural variances demand country specific utility weights. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | Griffith University | |
dc.publisher.place | Brisbane | |
dc.rights.copyright | The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise. | |
dc.subject.keywords | Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) | |
dc.subject.keywords | Health care maximisation, Sri Lanka | |
dc.subject.keywords | Health improvement, Sri Lanka | |
dc.title | Health State Valuation using Generic and Disease Specific Multi Attribute Utility Instruments in a Representative Sri Lankan Population | |
dc.type | Griffith thesis | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health | |
gro.rights.copyright | The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
dc.contributor.otheradvisor | Johnson, Newell | |
dc.rights.accessRights | Public | |
gro.identifier.gurtID | gu1455238633775 | |
gro.source.ADTshelfno | ADT0 | |
gro.source.GURTshelfno | GURT | |
gro.thesis.degreelevel | Thesis (PhD Doctorate) | |
gro.thesis.degreeprogram | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | |
gro.department | School of Medicine | |
gro.griffith.author | Kularatna, Muhandiramalage Sanjeewa Madura | |