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Comparison of health state valuation methods to establish which of the available valuation/scaling methods would be the best to use in the next major study. To establish which descriptive system should be used. To partially replicate Rosser's earlier work.

Main Topics:

Variables Health state valuation; methodology; individual differences; socio-medical indices Measurement Scales Health locus of control scale from Wallston, Wallston and de Villus, <i>Health locus of control</i> 1987 Eysenck personality questionnaire from Eysenck and Eysenck, <i>Eysenck personality questionnaire</i> 1975 Euroqol questionnaire Pairwise comparison exercise Magnitude estimation exercise Time trade-off exercise Category rating exercise

Simple random sample

Face-to-face interview

Clinical measurements

Physical measurements