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. 2013 Jul 23;9(11):2285–2295. doi: 10.4161/hv.25754

Table 5. Utility.

  Elbasha et al.40 Elbasha and Dasbach45 Jit et al.46 Kim and Goldie47 Kim43 Taira et al.42 Zechmeister et al.41 Olsen and Jepsen48 Chesson et al.49
Method Multiplic. Additive (?) Multiplic. n/a n/a Not used – life-years gained only Multiplic. (?) QALY loss per case
Baseline utility Based on data from the US National Health Interview Survey and the Healthy People 2000 study n/a US Beaver Dam Study n/a US Beaver Dam Study Unpublished Danish data (method not reported) Not reported
CIN CIN 1: 0.91
CIN 2/3: 0.87
CIS: 0.87
CIN 1: 0.012*
CIN 2: 0.065*
CIN 3: 0.054*
n/a n/a SIL: 0.97** CIN 1: 0.9333
CIN 2/3: 0.8658
CIN 1/2: 0.03/0.07 for 18 mos
CIN 3: 0.2 for 4 mos and 0.03 for 2 y
Cervical cancer Loc.: 0.76
Reg.: 0.67
Dist.: 0.48
S I: 0.35*
S II: 0.44*
S III: 0.44*
S IV: 0.52*
Loc.: 0.76 (over 5 y)
Reg.: 0.67 (over 5 y)
Dist.: 0.48 (lifetime)
- S I: 0.79**
S II-IV: 0.62**
S I: 0.7598
S II-IV: 0.6693
Loc., reg. and dist. = 0.36, 0.41 and 0.45 for 3 y, followed by death
Cervical cancer
survivor
0.76 S I: 0.10*
S II: 0.15*
S III: 0.15*
S IV: 0.38*
- S I: 0.90**
S II-IV: 0.62**
Well: 1.00**
n/a Loc.: 0.27 for 4 mos and then a further 0.07
Reg. and dist.: 0.37/0.45 for 3 y and then a further 0.1/0.24
Other cancers           - Same as cervical cancer - 0.68 (lifetime) 0.68 (Anal) -   - The same as cervical
Genital warts 0.91 (8.5 mo in average in Elbasha 2010) 0.039* 0.91 (3 mo) 0.91 -   0.9142 Sex-specific, combination of 3 decrements (0.05–0.15) and 2 duration (3 mos and 6 mos)
RRP - 0.80 - 0.69 (JO, over 4 y) - -   - 1.05 QALYs per case

Multiplic, multiplicative; HALex, Health and Activities Limitation Index; QWB, Quality of Well-Being; TTO, time trade-off; CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; CIS, carcinoma in situ; SIL, squamous intraepithelial lesion; Loc., localized; Reg., regional; Dist., distant; S, stage; mo, months; RRP, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis; JO, juvenile-onset. *Utility decrement. ** Not clear if it is a decrement or a utility weight.