The Lead Time Tradeoff: The Case of Health States Better Than Dead

Conclusions. L-TTO produced higher utilities than TTO. Health problems are perceived as less severe if a lead period in full health is added upfront, implying that there are interactions between disjointed time periods. The advantages of this method have to be compared with the cost of modeling the interaction between periods.
Source: Medical Decision Making - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research