Based on the comparison of the primary and secondary analyses described here, the paired-samples estimate is likely the more robust estimate of utility for non-progressed and progressed health states for subjects with GIST.
The kind of reciprocity provided by the principle of restricted utility is more robust than laissez-faire and the Pareto principle since it guarantees a social minimum.
Translational research is needed to provide more robust data for evaluating clinical utility and best practices for adoption and implementation within Canada's healthcare system.
From a methodological and theoretical standpoint, the respondent level SF-6D utilities are more robust than the Nichol translation.
This suggested that predictions were more robust for higher health state utilities (i.e., > 0.4), which were reported by 94.02% of the respondents in the sample.
Similarly, the relationships built up between the lifeline utility organisations enabled more robust and coordinated response planning arrangements to be put in place.
However, utilities are usually more robust than cost data when applied to different national settings.
Prospective collaboration among pediatric alloHCT centers may help to provide more robust evidence-based guidelines designed to maximize utility and minimize risk.
We also consider a flexible parametric model for the stimulus response relationship together with a newly developed hybrid design utility that can produce more robust estimates of the target stimulus in the presence of substantial model and parameter uncertainty.
