Weighting health outcomes by socioeconomic position using stated preferences Lal, Anita, Siahpush, Mohammad, Moodie, Marjory, Peeters, Anna and Carter, Robert 2018, Weighting health outcomes by socioeconomic position using stated preferences, PharmacoEconomics - Open, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 43-51, doi: 10.1007/s41669-017-0036-1. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads lal-weightinghealth-2018.pdf Published version application/pdf 695.98KB 9 Title Weighting health outcomes by socioeconomic position using stated preferences Author(s) Lal, Anita orcid.org/0000-0001-6921-6617 Siahpush, Mohammad Moodie, Marjory orcid.org/0000-0001-6890-5250 Peeters, Anna orcid.org/0000-0003-4340-9132 Carter, Robert orcid.org/0000-0002-1586-5619 Journal name PharmacoEconomics - Open Volume number 2 Issue number 1 Start page 43 End page 51 Total pages 9 Publisher Springer International Place of publication Cham, Switzerland Publication date 2018-03 ISSN 2509-4262 2509-4254 Summary Background The trade-off that society is willing to make to promote a more equitable distribution of health can be represented as a social welfare function (SWF). SWFs are an economic construct that can be used to illustrate concerns for total health with aversion to inequalities between socioeconomic groups. Objective This study used people’s preferences to estimate the shapes of health-related SWFs (HRSWFs). We tested the suitability of this method to derive equity weights. Methods A questionnaire was used to elicit preferences concerning trade-offs between the total level of health and its distribution among two socioeconomic groups. The participant group was a sample of convenience that included a mix of health researchers, academics, clinicians, managers, public servants and research students. The data collected were used to develop HRSWFs with a constant elasticity of substitution. The weight was calculated using the marginal rate of substitution. Results A marginal health gain to the lowest socioeconomic position (SEP) group was valued 14.1–81.4 times more than a marginal health gain to the high SEP group. Conclusions Our results provide evidence to support the idea that the public may be willing to make trade-offs between efficiency and equity, and that they value health gains differently depending on which socioeconomic group receives the health gain. Further evidence is required before such indicative weights have practical value. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s41669-017-0036-1 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2017, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30102352 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (open access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 22 Aug 2017, 15:33:59 EST Wed, 23 Aug 2017, 05:00:30 EST Wed, 23 Aug 2017, 06:08:42 EST Wed, 23 Aug 2017, 09:42:18 EST Wed, 17 Jan 2018, 05:01:47 EST Wed, 17 Jan 2018, 13:18:18 EST Wed, 17 Jan 2018, 13:21:36 EST Wed, 17 Jan 2018, 13:22:34 EST Wed, 17 Jan 2018, 13:59:31 EST Wed, 01 Aug 2018, 10:40:54 EST Wed, 01 Aug 2018, 10:43:06 EST Fri, 10 Aug 2018, 16:41:40 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:13:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 242 Abstract Views, 11 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 22 Aug 2017, 15:33:59 EST

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