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. 2014 Sep 24;24(3):693–703. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0793-6

Table 5.

Spearman rank correlation coefficients (SCC) and mean absolute difference (MAD)

Observations in each health state Number of health states Individual-level data
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Corr MAD Corr MAD Corr MAD Corr MAD
n ≥ 1 167 0.686 7.55 0.676 7.51 0.687 7.53 0.677 7.48
n ≥ 20 51 0.945 4.14 0.946 3.97 0.945 4.10 0.947 3.92
n ≥ 25 47 0.950 4.07 0.951 3.91 0.951 4.03 0.952 3.87
n ≥ 30 43 0.952 3.90 0.951 3.84 0.953 3.85 0.952 3.78
Observations in each health state Number of health states Aggregated data
Model 1M1 Model 1M2 Model 1M3
Corr MAD Corr MAD Corr MAD
n ≥ 1 167 0.668 7.02 0.643 8.83 0.655 8.88
n ≥ 20 51 0.960 2.30 0.871 6.13 0.864 6.72
n ≥ 25 47 0.962 2.23 0.871 6.13 0.865 6.70
n ≥ 30 43 0.964 1.99 0.861 5.95 0.855 6.63