There are no 3L or 5L value sets for my country, but I collected EQ-5D data and need to estimate health state utility values. Which value set should I use?

There are over 30 country specific value sets for the EQ-5D-3L and more than 20 country specific value sets for the EQ-5D-5L. While we aim to produce value sets for many more countries, it is not rare that users need a value set that is not yet available. If you need to obtain health state utility values for the EQ-5D-3L, it is recommended to use the United Kingdom value set from Dolan et al. (2002). If you need to obtain health state utility values for the EQ-5D-5L, the recommendation is to use the United States EQ-5D-5L value set from Pickard et al. (2019) as the United Kingdom valuation study is currently ongoing.

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