Reference papers for AQoL instruments

 For 8D: Research papers 66, 63 and 61 (for population norms see Research paper 94 - article in press in Quality of Life Research, 2016, doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1337-z)

For 7D: Research papers 68, 45, Misajon et al (2005)

For 6D: Research papers 66, 51, 49, Working paper 143, Working paper 142, Richardson et al (2004)  (for population norms see Research paper 94 - article in press in Quality of Life Research, 2016, doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1337-z)

For 4D: Research paper 66, Working paper 101, Technical report 12, Population norms for the AQoL derived from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

 

All Research papers for AQoL instruments

Research paper 94 - Maxwell, A, Ozmen, M, Iezzi A, Richardson J. (2016). Norms for the AQoL-6D and AQoL-8D multi attribute utility instruments. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Working paper 93 - Iezzi A & Richardson J. (2016). A comparison of the five AQoL (Assessment of Quality of Life) multi attribute utility instruments. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Working Paper 02-2015 - Richardson J, Iezzi A & Maxwell A. (2015). Evidence of a public preference for funding high cost ultra rare disorders: Results of a population survey. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 91 - Richardson J, Iezzi A, Maxwell, A. (2014). Why health insurance should reimburse some cost ineffective services: Results from a pilot study. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 88 - Richardson J, Iezzi A. (2014). How important is severity for the evaluation of health services: New evidence using the Relative Social Willingness to Pay instrument. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Working Paper 04-14 - Richardson J, Chen G, Khan MA, Iezzi A. Subjective Wellbeing versus Utility: Incommensurable or mismeasured constructs.

Working Paper 03-14 - Richardson J, Iezzi A. Do utility formulae accentuate or diminish differences between Multi Attribute Utility (MAU) instruments.

Hawthorne, G., Korn, S. and Richardson, J. (2013). Population norms for the AQoL derived from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 37(1): 7–16.

Research Paper 87 - Richardson J, Iezzi A, Khan MA, Chen G. (2014). Interim population norms for the AQoL-6D and AQoL-8D multi attribute utility instruments. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 86 - Richardson J, Iezzi A, Khan MA. (2014). The Self Time Trade-off (TTO) Instrument: Reliability and survey results. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 85 - Richardson, J, Khan, MA, Iezzi, A, Maxwell, A. (2013). Cross-national comparison of twelve quality of life instruments, MIC Paper 7: Germany. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 83 - Richardson, J, Khan, MA, Iezzi, A, Maxwell, A. (2012). Cross-national comparison of twelve quality of life instruments, MIC Paper 6: Norway. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 82 - Richardson, J, Khan, MA, Iezzi, A, Maxwell, A. (2012). Cross-national comparison of twelve quality of life instruments, MIC Paper 5: Canada. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 81 - Richardson, J, Khan, MA, Iezzi, A, Maxwell, A. (2012). Cross-national comparison of twelve quality of life instruments, MIC Paper 4: USA. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 80 - Richardson, J, Khan, MA, Iezzi, A, Maxwell, A. (2012). Cross-national comparison of twelve quality of life instruments, MIC Paper 3: United Kingdom. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 78 - Richardson, J, Iezzi, A, Khan, MA, Maxwell, A. (2012). Cross-national comparison of twelve quality of life instruments, MIC Paper 2. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 77 - Richardson, J, Khan, MA. (2012). Why are we weighting: Do utility weights improve the predictive power of multi attribute utility instruments? Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 76 - Richardson, J, Iezzi, A, Maxwell, A. (2012). Cross-national comparison of twelve quality of life instruments: MIC Paper 1 Background, questions, instruments. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 75 - Richardson, J, Maxwell, A, Khan, MA, Iezzi, A. (2012). Health system related trade-offs: Survey results using the Conflict Scale. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 74 - Richardson, J, Maxwell, A, Khan, MA, Iezzi, A. (2012). The myth of maximisation: Quantifying trade-offs between social objectives using the Conflict Scale. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 73 - Khan, MA, Richardson, J, O'Brien, P. (2012). Validating AQoL-8D in an obese population and its use to estimate weight related Burden of Disease in Australia. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 71 - Richardson, J, Iezzi, A. (2011). Psychometric Validity and the AQoL-8D Multi Attribute Utility Instrument. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Richardson, J, Iezzi, A, Peacock, S, Sinha, K, Khan, MA, Misajon, RA & Keeffe, J. (2011). Utility weights for the vision related Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)-7D instrument. Opthalmic Epidemiology, 19(3): 172-182. DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.674613

Research Paper 66 - Richardson J, Chen, G, Iezzi, A & Khan, M. (2011). Transformations between the Assessment of Quality of Life AQoL Instruments and Test-Retest Reliability. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 65 - Richardson J, Sinha, K, & Iezzi, A. (2011). Measuring the importance of efficiency in the equity-efficiency trade-off in health care decision making. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 64 - Richardson J, McKie J & Bariola E. (2011). Review and Critique of Health Related Multi Attribute Utility Instruments. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 63 - Richardson J, Sinha K, Iezzi A, Khan MA. (2011). Modelling the Utility of Health States with the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) 8D Instrument: Overview and Utility Scoring Algorithm. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 61 - Richardson, J, Elsworth, G, Iezzi, A, Khan, M, Mihalopoulos, C, Schweitzer, I, Herrman, H. (2011). Increasing the sensitivity of the AQoL inventory for the evaluation of interventions affecting mental health. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 60 - Khan A, Richardson J. (2011). A Comparison of 7 Instruments in a Small, General Population. Centre for health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 57 - Richardson J. (2010). Psychometric Validity and Multi Attribute Utility (MAU) Instruments. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 53 - Richardson J, Iezzi A, Sinha, K, McKie, J. (2010). The Relative Social Willingness to Pay (RS-WTP) Instrument: Updated Results. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 51 - Atherton Day N, Richardson J, Hawthorne G. (2010). Modelling Health Related Quality of Life for the AQoL-6D, Centre for Health Economics. Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 50 - Khan MA, McKie J. (2010). Summary Review of Multi Attribute Utility (MAU) Instrument Comparison Studies: Methods, Techniques and Outcomes. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 49 - Peacock S, Richardson J, Iezzi A, Elsworth G, Day NA, Hawthorne G. (2010). Construction of the Descriptive System for the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL-6D) Utility Instrument. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 47 - Richardson J, Khan M, Iezzi A. (2010). Preliminary results for the validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life AQoL-8D instrument, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 46 - Khan M, Richardson J. (2010). Smoking Status and Quality of Life: Preliminary results from a Sample of Adult Smokers who called Quitline, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Richardson J, Peacock S, Iezzi A. (2009). 'Do quality-adjusted life years take account of lost income?  Evidence from an Australian survey'.  The European Journal of Health Economics, 10:103-109. DOI: 10.1007/s10198-008-0107-4

Richardson J. (2009). 'Is the incorporation of equity considerations into economic evaluations really so simple?  A comment on Cookson, Drummond and Weatherly'. Health Economics Policy and Law, 4:247-254.
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133109004927

Research Paper 45 - Richardson J, Iezzi A, Sinha K, Khan M, Peacock S, Hawthorne G, Misajon R, Keeffe J. (2009). AQoL-7D (Vision) Instrument: Overview, survey results and ultility algorithms, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 44 - Khan M, Richardson J. (2009). Report on Health Related Quality of Life and Lifestyle of Bangladeshi Migrants in Melbourne: Use of Multi-Attribute Instruments. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 43 - Moodie M, Richardson J, Rankin B, Sinha K, Iezzi A. (2009). Predicting time trade-off health state valuations of adolescents in four Pacific countries using the AQoL-6D instrument. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 41 - Iezzi A, Richardson J. (2009). Measuring Quality of Life at the Centre for Health Economics. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 40 - Richardson J,  Iezzi A, Khan M, Sinha K, Mihalopoulos C, Herrman H, Hawthorne G, Schweitzer I. (2009). Data used in the development of the AQoL-8D (PsyQoL) Quality of Life Instrument, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 39 - Richardson J, Khan M, Iezzi A, Sinha K, Mihalopoulos C, Herrman H, Hawthorne G, Schweitzer I. (2009). The AQoL-8D (PsyQoL) MAU Instrument: Overview September 2009. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 24 - Richardson J, Peacock S, Iezzi A, Day N, Hawthorne G. (2007). Construction and validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) Mark II instrument. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Research Paper 18 - Richardson J, McKie J, Peacock S, Iezzi A. (2007). Severity as an independent determinant of the Social Value of a Health Service. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Misajon R, Hawthorne G, Richardson J, Barton J, Peacock S, Iezzi A, Keeffe J. (2005). 'Vision and quality of life: the development of a utility measure'. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 46(11):4007-4015. DOI:10.1167/iovs.04-1389

Richardson J, Day N, Peacock S, Iezzi A. (2004). 'Measurement of the quality of life for economic evaluation and the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) Mark 2 Instrument'. The Australian Economic Review, 37(1):62-88. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2004.00308.x

Working Paper 144 - Richardson J, Peacock S, Day N, Iezzi A. (2004). The Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) II instrument. Overview of the Assessment of Quality of Life Mark II Project. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Working Paper 143 - Peacock S, Richardson J, Day N, Iezzi A. (2004). The Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) II instrument. The effect of deliberation and alternative utility weights in a multi-attribute utility instrument. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Working Paper 142 - Richardson J, Peacock S, Day N, Iezzi A. (2004). The Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) II instrument. Derivation of the scaling weights using a multiplicative model and econometric second stage correction, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Working Paper 141 - Richardson J, Day N, Peacock S. (2004). Conceptualising the Assessment of Quality of Life instrument Mark II (AQoL 2): methodological innovations and the development of the AQoL descriptive system. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Working Paper 140 - Hawthorne G, Richardson J, Day N. (2003). A comparison of five multi attribute utility instruments. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Hawthorne G & Richardson J. (2001). 'Measuring the value of program outcomes: A review of multi attribute utility measures', Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research, 1(2), pp 215-228.

Hawthorne G, Richardson J and Day NA. (2001). ‘A comparison of the assessment of quality of life (AQoL) with four other generic utility instruments’, Annals of Medicine33(5), pp 358-370.

Working Paper 113 - Richardson J, Hawthorne G. (2001). Negative utility scores and evaluating AQoL all worst health state. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Technical Report 12 - Hawthorne G, Richardson J, Day N. (2000). Using the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument version 1.0. Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne.

Working Paper 101 - Hawthorne G, Richardson J, Day N & McNeil H. (2000). Construction and utility scaling of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Monash University, (25 Pages) (ISBN 1 876662 14 X).

Richardson, J & Hawthorne, G. (1999). 'Difficulty with Life and Death', in Economics and Health: 1998, Proceedings of the Twentieth Australian Conference of Health Economists, ed J. Baldry, School of Health Services Management, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Working Paper 70 - Richardson J, Hawthorne G, Day N, Osborne R & McNeil H. (1998). Difficulty with life and death: methodological issues and results from the utility scaling of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Melbourne (29 pages) (ISBN 1 875677 77 1).

Richardson, J & Hawthorne, G. (1998). 'The Australian Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument: Psychometric properties of the descriptive system and initial validation', Economics and Health: 1997, Proceedings of the Nineteenth Australian Conference of Health Economists, ed A. Harris, School of Health Services Management, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Working Paper 76 - Hawthorne G & Richardson J. (1997). The assessment of quality of life (AQoL) instrument construction, initial validation and utility scaling. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Melbourne (15 pages) (ISBN 1 875677 85 2).

Working Paper 66 - Hawthorne G, Richardson J et al. (1997). The Australian quality of life AQoL Instrument, Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Melbourne (38 pages) (ISBN 1 875677 74 7).

Richardson J. (1994). Cost utility analysis: what should be measured. Social Science and Medicine, 39(1):7-21. DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90162-7

Schwartz S, Richardson J, Glasziou P. (1993). Quality adjusted life years: origins, measurements, applications, objections. Australian Journal of Public Health, 17(3):272-277. DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1993.tb00149.x

Working Paper 30 - O'Connor R. (1993). Issues in the measurement of health-related quality of life.

Working Paper 23 - Social evaluation of health care versus personal evaluation of health status: evidence on the validity of four health state scaling instruments using Norwegian and Australian survey data.

Research Report 1 - Brown K, Burrows C. (1992). What is validity? A prologue to an evaluation of selected health status instruments. 

Richardson J. (1991). Economic assessment of health care:  theory in practice. Australian Economic Review, 24(1):4-21. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.1991.tb00378.x

Working Paper 5 - Richardson J. (1990). Cost utility analyses: what should be measured: utility, value or healthy year equivalents?

Working Paper 1 - Richardson J. (1990). Economic assessment of health care: theory and practice.