Jönsson B
Dept. of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl. 1996;221:33-6. doi: 10.3109/00365529609095553.
Quality of Life (QOL) is an important economic benefit which we are willing to pay for. Economic evaluation is a method for finding out the best value for money in order to allocate resources. Since the traditional measures of QOL, using generic or specific instruments, are of limited use in economic evaluations, it is advisable to include a utility measure. From a research perspective we need to investigate the relationship between different descriptive instruments for QOL, utility score for different health states and willingness to pay for improvements in QOL.
生活质量（QOL）是一项重要的经济收益，我们愿意为之付出代价。经济评估是一种找出性价比最高方案以分配资源的方法。由于传统的生活质量衡量方法，无论是使用通用工具还是特定工具，在经济评估中的作用都有限，因此纳入效用衡量指标是明智之举。从研究角度来看，我们需要研究生活质量的不同描述性工具、不同健康状态的效用得分以及为改善生活质量而支付意愿之间的关系。
