Conclusions The last 10 years has seen a substantial increase in the number of mapping studies and some evidence of advancement in methods with consideration of models beyond OLS and greater reporting of predictive ability of mapping functions
Background Mapping is an increasingly common method used to predict instrument-specific preference-based health-state utility values ( HSUVs ) from data obtained from another health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) measure .
There have been several method ological developments in this area since a previous review up to 2007 .
Multiattribute utility function for a comprehensive health status classification system. Health Utilities Index Mark 2.
The Health Utilities Index Mark 2 ( HUI:2 ) is a generic multiattribute , preference-based system for assessing health-related quality of life .  Health Utilities Index Mark 2 consists of two components : a seven-attribute health status classification system and a scoring formula . The seven attributes are sensation , mobility , emotion , cognition , self-care , pain , and fertility . A r and om sample of general population parents were interviewed to determine cardinal preferences for the health states in the system . The health states were defined as lasting for a 60-year lifetime , starting at age 10 . Values were measured using visual analogue scaling . Utilities were measured using a st and ard gamble technique . A scoring formula is provided , based on a multiplicative multiattribute utility function from the responses of 194 subjects . The utility scores are death-anchored ( death = 0.0 ) and form an interval scale . Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and its utility scores can be useful to other research ers in a wide variety of setting s who wish to document health status and assign preference scores
Conclusions The last 10 years has seen a substantial increase in the number of mapping studies and some evidence of advancement in methods with consideration of models beyond OLS and greater reporting of predictive ability of mapping functions
Background Mapping is an increasingly common method used to predict instrument-specific preference-based health-state utility values ( HSUVs ) from data obtained from another health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) measure .
There have been several method ological developments in this area since a previous review up to 2007 .