Table 3.
Second joint utility function, U2(m, QOL), of mean survival time (m, in months) and quality of life (QOL) combinations for patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma, defined by U2(m, good QOL) = 10 · m0.2/0.2 and U2(m, poor QOL) = 9.5 · m0.3/0.3, given that U2(0, good or poor QOL) = 0.
Mean Survival Time (Months) | |||||||||
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QOL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 36 |
Good | 50 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 82 | 89 | 94 | 99 | 103 |
Poor | 32 | 39 | 44 | 48 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 93 |