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Table 1 Characteristics of included patients

From: Willingness to pay for a quality-adjusted life year: an evaluation of attitudes towards risk and preferences

 

Mean (95% CI)

Median (IQ range)

Percentages (95% CI)

Age (years)

65.4 (64.1–66.6)

69 (55–78)

 

Sex (Female)

  

60.7% (56.9–64.5%)

Spanish nationality

  

95.2% (93.5–96.9%)

Superior education

  

37.2% (33.5–40.9%)

Social group

   

Manager, Director

  

9.1% (6.8–11.3%)

Intermediate positions

  

13.3% (10.6–16.0%)

Skilled non-manual worker

  

26.3% (22.9–29.7%)

Skilled manual worker

  

23.0% (19.7–26.2%)

Partially skilled worker

  

11.3% (8.8–13.8%)

Unskilled manual worker

  

17.1% (14.1–20.0%)

Family members

2.6 (2.5–2.7)

2 (2–3)

 

Adjusted family income (€1,000)

0.873 (0.833–0.912)

0.707 (0.600–1.000)

 

Another insurance

  

16.3% (13.4–19.2%)

Chronic condition

  

82.9% (79.9–85.9%)

Hospitalizations

  

29.2% (25.7–32.8%)

Doctor consultations/year

11.5 (10.7–12.4)

9 (4–15)

 

Current tobacco consumption

  

16.3% (13.4–19.1%)

Excessive alcohol consumption

  

3.8% (2.2–5.3%)

Other drug consumption

  

0.8% (0.1–1.4%)

Self-perceived inclination to risk (1–10)

5.0 (4.8–5.2)

5 (3–7)

 

Inclination to risk

  

8.9% (6.7–11.2%)

VAS – EuroQol-5D-3 L

65.6 (63.9–67.4)

70 (50–80)

 

EuroQol-5D-3 L Utilities

0.68 (0.66–0.71)

0.76 (0.48–1.00)

 
  1. 95% CI: Confidence Interval 95%.
  2. IQ range: Interquartile range (25–75 percentile).
  3. VAS-EuroQol-5D-3 L: Visual Analog Scale of EuroQol-5D-3 L questionnaire.