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. 2019 Feb 19;28(7):1705–1724. doi: 10.1007/s11136-019-02121-z

Table 3.

Multi-attribute utility instruments (MAUIs) developed for children and tariff valuation population and method

MAUI Target age range Tariff valuation population and method Number of samples (%)
Childhood-specific MAUIs
 16D 12–15 Finnish schoolchildren aged 12–16 (n = 213) using VAS [18] 68 (93.2)
No information or reference on tariff 5 (6.8)
 17D 8–11 (Proxy for < 8) Finnish parents of children aged 8–11 (n = 115) using VAS [19] 39 (100.0)
 AQoL-6D Adolescents 1. Australian adolescents (n = 2790) using TTO [69] 36 (72.0)
2. Australian general adult public (n = 411) using TTO [70] 14 (28.0)
 CHU9D 7–17 1. Australian adolescents aged 11–17 (n = 590) using best-worst scale discrete-choice experiment [71] 91 (39.4)
2. Australian adolescents aged 11–17 (n = 1982) using best-worst scale discrete-choice experiment [72] 16 (6.9)
3. UK general adult public (n = 300) using SG [73] 122 (52.8)
No information or reference on tariff 2 (0.9)
 EQ-5D-Y 8–15 (Proxy for 4–7) 1. Canadian elementary schoolchildren aged 10–11 (n = 4485) using VAS [74] 1 (0.9)
2. UK general adult public (n = 3395) using TTO [75] 25 (23.1)
3. Dutch general adult public (n = 309) using TTO [76] 9 (8.3)
4. Dutch general adult public (n = 303) using TTO [77] 5 (4.6)
5. Australian general adult public (n = 417) using TTO [78] 14 (13.0)
6. French general adult public (n = 452) using TTO [79] 3 (2.8)
7. Swedish general adult public (n = 45,000) using TTO and VAS [80] 4 (3.7)
8. General adult public from Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and UK (n = 6870) using VAS [81] 2 (1.9)
9. US general adult public using TTO [82] 23 (21.3)
No information or reference on tariff 22 (20.4)
 PAHOM 7–13 1. Asthmatic children aged 6–12 (n = 261) using SG [83] 60 (87.0)
2. US general adult public (n = 94) using VAS [44] 4 (5.8)
3. US general adult public (n = 101) using SG [44] 4 (5.8)
No information or reference on tariff 1 (1.4)
 CH-6D 16–18 No information or reference on tariff 3 (100.0)
MAUIs compatible with childhood and adult populations
 HUI2 ≥ 5 (Proxy for 5–8) 1. Canadian parents of schoolchildren (n = 194) using VAS and SG [84] 357 (74.1)
2. Canadian parents of normal children (n = 300) using VAS and SG [85] 22 (4.6)
3. Singaporean parents of paediatric cancer patients (n = 59) using VAS and SG [86] 10 (2.1)
4. Singaporean general public parents of children (n = 194) using VAS and SG [86] 10 (2.1)
5. UK general adult public (n = 201) using VAS and SG [87] 58 (12.0)
No information or reference on tariff 25 (5.2)
 HUI3 ≥ 5 (Proxy for 5–8) Canadian general adult public (n = 504) using VAS and SG [88] 753 (91.6)
No information or reference on tariff 69 (8.4)
 Modified HUI [39, 40] N/A 1. Canadian parents of schoolchildren (n = 194) using VAS and SG [84] 7 (87.5)
2. Canadian general adult public (n = 504) using VAS and SG [88] 1 (12.5)
 QWB N/A US general public (n = 800) using VAS [89] 224 (100.0)
 ABC-UI N/A (Proxy completed) UK general adult public (n = 349) using TTO [90] 1 (100.0)