Table 6.

Capacity checking of the models (Validation sample)

	EQ-5D-UK		EQ-5D-SW
Pearson correlationa	0.678 (p < 0.000)		0.715 (p < 0.000)
	Mean (CI)		Mean (CI)
Observed values	0.800 (0.796, 0.803)		0.904 (0.902, 0.905)
Predicted values	0.808 (0.806, 0.810)		0.904 (0.903, 0.905)
Absolute error	0.115 (0.113, 0.117)		0.042 (0.041, 0.043)
Relative forecast error	14.4 % (14.1, 14.6)		4.6 % (4.5, 4.7)
Observed values	≤0.8	>0.8	≤0.8	>0.8
Relative forecast error	15.5 % (15.1, 15.8)	12.8 % (12.5, 13.0)	13.6 % (13.2, 14.0)	3.6 % (3.5, 3.6)

^aPearson correlation between observed and predicted values of health utility