Head-to-head comparison between the EQ-5D-5L and the EQ-5D-3L in general population health surveys

• Main Authors: Marc Martí-Pastor (Author), Angels Pont (Author), Mónica Ávila (Author), Olatz Garin (Author), Gemma Vilagut (Author), Carlos G. Forero (Author), Yolanda Pardo (Author), Ricard Tresserras (Author), Antonia Medina-Bustos (Author), Oriol Garcia-Codina (Author), Juan Cabasés (Author), Luis Rajmil (Author), Jordi Alonso (Author), Montse Ferrer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The EQ-5D has been frequently used in national health surveys. This study is a head-to-head comparison to assess how expanding the number of levels from three (EQ-5D-3L) to five in the new EQ-5D-5L version has improved its distribution, discriminatory power, and validity in the g...