2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on consumers/patients' preference to breast cancer care
| Project/Area Number |
22590451
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Medical sociology
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 医療経済学 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aimed to estimate health related quality of life for health states of postoperative primary breast cancer patients using time trade-off technique. 275 females were selected from the panel members of a web survey company. They were asked to respond to time trade-off questions after receiving an explanation for 8 postoperative health states by combining the type of primary breast surgery, the type of axillary lymph node treatment and adjuvant endocrine therapy. 8 utility weights ranging from 0.444 to 0.627 were obtained. These results will increase the validity of future economic evaluations of breast cancer care in Japan.
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