We therefore did not generate preferences for each attribute, but for each test-frequency combination, thereby respecting the co-dependency.
On the one hand, it is unlikely that a jump from three to nine types of cue would radically alter valuation mechanisms, and in any case subjects effectively had to order a combined set of 12 cues rather than simply generate preferences within separate sets of three (learned) and nine (described) options.
Meanwhile, indirect preference-based approaches use preferences from other samples, usually from general population, to generate preference index scores for hypothetical health states from a HRQOL instrument [ 8].
The aim of this study was to find out whether it was feasible, acceptable, reliable, and valid to use the standard gamble (SG) method to generate preference-based values for the SF-6D in a Chinese population.
The aim of this study is to present a procedure combining two analytical techniques that have not, thus far, featured in the debate: (i) Cluster Analysis (CA) which is used to generate preference subgroups, and (ii) Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) which provides the explicit policy framework for including clustered preferences.
These instruments measure patient preferences and generate preference or utility scores for respondents' health states on a 0 to 1.0 scale where 0 typically equals dead and 1.0 is full health [ 17].
Floor effects, with high percentages reporting problems, have not been reported to be of the same extent for the EuroQol compared to other generic measures such as SF-6D or HUI3 making it more suitable for generating preference-based index values for use in economic evaluation when the conditions studied are more severe [ 2, 30].
For BMI, the partner's BMI could be influenced by direct preferences for BMI i.e. preferences for a certain body shape independently of preferences for stature and body mass, or by preferences for stature and body mass which generate indirect preferences for BMI.
At the international level, generic governance modes determine macro policy goals and general implementation styles, with the effect that different governance modes generate different preferences for policy instruments.
Furthermore, they can generate incomplete preferences which are challenging to assess in a consistent way.
If nationhood offers the clearest route to generate converging preferences on units, so too competing nationhood offers the clearest route to disrupt that convergence, generating the need for models of multination states that seek to ensure fairness amongst the competing national groups in their ability to enact their national identities (through language rights and self-government powers etc).
