Jacquelyn M Urbani
Implementing and Adapting Dialogic Reading for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Elementary School Students: Case Studies of Three Teachers
American annals of the deaf
valuing childrens health states use economic evaluations globally relevant particular relevance jurisdictions costutility analysis preferred form analysis decision making despite challenges valuing child health mean many remaining questions debate approach elicitation values aim paper identify describe methods used value childrens health states specific issues arise use methods conducted systematic search electronic databases identify studies published english since 1990 used preference elicitation methods value child adolescent 18 years age health states eligibility criteria comprised valuation studies concerning childspecific patientreported outcome measures child health states defined ways methodological studies valuation approaches may may yielded value set algorithm total 77 eligible studies identified data country setting aims condition general population clinically specific sample size age respondents perspective participants asked adopt source values respondents completed preference elicitation tasks methods questions asked extracted extracted data classified evaluated using narrative synthesis methods studies classified three groups 1 studies comparing elicitation methods n 30 2 studies comparing perspectives n 23 3 studies comparisons presented n 26 selected studies could fall one group overall studies varied considerably methods used reporting preference elicitation tasks included time tradeoff standard gamble visual analogue scaling ratingranking discrete choice experiments bestworst scaling willingness pay elicited contingent valuation perspectives included adults considering health states perspective adults taking perspective child hypothetical childadolescent taking perspective another child evidence children gave lower values comparable health states adults adopted perspective adultparents adopted perspective children differences reporting limited conclusions formed methods suitable eliciting preferences childrens health influence differing perspectives values difficulties encountered drawing conclusions data lack consensus poor reporting making difficult users choose interpret available values suggest reporting guidelines required improve consistency quality reporting studies value childrens health using preferencebased techniques