Computation of quality of life for general population: from age ranges to specific ages. Example with Spanish data
Authors/Creators
- 1. Servicio de Evaluación del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS)
Contributors
Project leader:
Project member (2):
- 1. Servicio de Evaluación del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS)
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2.
Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud
Description
Technical notes and documentation:
This publication contains a database of Spanish quality of life for general population that is derived from age ranges to specific ages. It also contains the code, in two different programming languages (MATLAB and R) that can be used for the computation. Spanish data were obtained from the 2011/2012 Spanish National Health Survey where health status were measured by the EQ-5D-5L instrument.
Aims of CONCEPT-COSTS project:
CONCEPT-COSTS is part of the coordinated CONCEPT Project, which comprises four subprojects whose objective is to analyse the effectiveness and efficiency of care pathways (CP) in three chronic health problems of high prevalence and socioeconomic impact, which are diabetes mellitus type 2, breast cancer and ischemic stroke. As a common denominator, CONCEPT shares the innovative perspective of focusing its analysis on CP as a key determinant of healthcare adequacy, adherence to treatment, health outcomes and economic consequences. CONCEPT-COSTS' first objective is to complement the results produced by each CONCEPT clinical cohort, with a broad proposal of economic analyses based on real-world data (RWD), including incurred costs, avoidable costs and efficiency evaluation of identified CP. These results will be used to inform the clinical and management decisions about those CP to be promoted or avoided. As a second objective, CONCEPT-COSTS will identify the ethodological and logistical challenges faced by economic evaluations based on RWD, to develop a framework that will include recommendations for improvements related to feasibility, validity and transferability of results.
Files included in this publication:
- QoLFit.m (MATLAB code to compute quality of life from age ranges to specific ages for general population)
- QoLFit.R (R code to compute quality of life from age ranges to specific ages for general population)
- QoLFitResult_SpanishData.csv (dataset for Spanish quality of life at specific ages for general population)
- QoLFitResult_SpanishData.png (plot of the Spanish quality of life dataset at age ranges and at specific ages for general population)
Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Conor Teljeur.
Notes
CONCEPT-COSTS (PI19/00306) has been financed by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIIII); (Spain) within the Health Research and Development Strategy (AES), and belongs to the CONCEPT project. CONCEPT project is a coordinated project led by the CONCEPT-STROKE (PI19/00154). It was also financed by REDISSEC, grant Reference: RD16/0001/0014. It is now integrated within the initiatives supported by the Health Outcomes-Oriented Cooperative Research Networks (RICORS) on Research Networks in Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS). Grant Reference: RD21/0016/0016. Funding Entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIIII); Call 2021 of the Strategic Action in Health 2017-2020, charged to the European funds of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
