
16 Bayesian Methods in Health Economics
TABLE 1.2
Observed and estimated utility values for selected states. State 111111
denotes perfect health, while state 645655 indicate the worst possible.
Adapted from: Karroubi et al. (2007)
Health state Observed mean Estimated utility
Non parametric Parametric
Mean SD Mean SD
111111
a
0.9896 1 0 1 0
111112
a
0.8959 0.9419 0.0284 0.9689 0.0139
111122
a
— 0.9107 0.0372 0.9333 0.0188
121112
a
0.6769 0.8175 0.0299 0.9183 0.0176
... ... ... ... ... ...
321222
a
— 0.7133 0.034 0.8072 0.0244
... ... ... ... ... ...
433433
a
0.7218 0.6045 0.0326 0.6542 0.0230
... ... ... ... ... ...
645655
a
0.2130 0.2031 0.0231 0.2582 0.0129
a
State not observed ...