Table 5.
Coherence and adaptability of the three methods of cost–utility analysis
| Method | Coherence |
Adaptability |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative range factor of ṋ | Grade | For risk factor | For lost lifetime per stochastic effect | |
| Alpha value | 198 | – | – | – |
| Value of statistical life | 2.5 | ± | + | – |
| Time-for-time | 1 | + | + | + |
ṋ, minimum numbers of use.
Grades of the three methods in three domains.