Table 4.

Ranking of the different health states according to values elicited with SG and RS. Grey background highlights the differences in ranking

Order #	SG ordering (low to high)	RS ordering (low to high)
1	Palliative care	Palliative care
2	Distant recurrence	Distant recurrence
3	Local recurrence (intervention needed)	Local recurrence (intervention needed)
4	local recurrence (RT or CRT needed)	local recurrence (RT or CRT needed)
5	Osteo-radio-necrosis	Osteo-radio-necrosis
6	CRT after intervention	Esopharyngeal stenosis
7	Esopharyngeal stenosis	CRT after intervention
8	RT after intervention	Regional recurrence
9	Tracheotomy long duration	Tracheotomy long duration
10	Regional recurrence	Re-intervention
11	Re-intervention	RT after intervention
12	TLM/TORS intervention (first month)	Hospital re-admission for febrile neutropenia
13	post-operative hemorrhages	Pharyngo-cutaneous fistula
14	Gastrostomy	Gastrostomy
15	Pharyngo-cutaneous fistula	post-operative hemorrhages
16	Hospital re-admission for febrile neutropenia	TLM/TORS intervention (first month)
17	Remission after TORS/TLM + adjuvant	Remission after TORS/TLM + adjuvant
18	remission after TORS/TLM	remission after TORS/TLM