Table 4 Disutilities in populations with specific diseases adjusted by social class and age
Utility | Adjusted disutility* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD)a | Estimated Meanb | Absolute difference | Relative difference | |
Low social class | ||||
Acute myocardial infarction | 0.7539 (0.26) | 0.8631 | −0.0654 | −7.04% |
Other heart diseases | 0.7517 (0.26) | 0.8598 | −0.0713 | −7.65% |
Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism | 0.8167 (0.23) | 0.8680 | −0.0953 | −9.89% |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 0.7706 (0.25) | 0.8508 | −0.0811 | −8.70% |
Diabetes | 0.7763 (0.26) | 0.8749 | −0.0574 | −6.16% |
Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction | 0.7360 (0.26) | 0.8149 | −0.1137 | −12.24% |
Mental health diseases | 0.7176 (0.27) | 0.7762 | −0.1765 | −18.52% |
Stroke | 0.6582 (0.32) | 0.7980 | −0.1305 | −14.05% |
Middle social class | ||||
Acute myocardial infarction | 0.8040 (0.26) | 0.9087 | −0.0365 | −3.86% |
Other heart diseases | 0.7948 (0.25) | 0.8916 | −0.0558 | −5.89% |
Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism | 0.8533 (0.20) | 0.8919 | −0.0776 | −8.01% |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 0.8171 (0.23) | 0.8905 | −0.0562 | −5.93% |
Diabetes | 0.8309 (0.23) | 0.9109 | −0.0359 | −3.80% |
Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction | 0.7472 (0.29) | 0.8293 | −0.1165 | −12.32% |
Mental health diseases | 0.7643 (0.24) | 0.8162 | −0.1445 | −15.05% |
Stroke | 0.6370 (0.35) | 0.7677 | −0.1786 | −18.87% |
High social class | ||||
Acute myocardial infarction | 0.8271 (0.32) | 0.9374 | −0.0204 | −2.13% |
Other heart diseases | 0.7960 (0.27) | 0.8937 | −0.0669 | −6.96% |
Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism | 0.8785 (0.20) | 0.9089 | −0.0671 | −6.88% |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 0.8448 (0.23) | 0.9069 | −0.0519 | −5.42% |
Diabetes | 0.8604 (0.24) | 0.9305 | −0.0281 | −2.93% |
Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction | 0.8459 (0.23) | 0.9040 | −0.0539 | −5.63% |
Mental health diseases | 0.7799 (0.24) | 0.8149 | −0.1560 | −16.07% |
Stroke | 0.6798 (0.35) | 0.8162 | −0.1428 | −14.89% |