Table 6

Variance components analysis and intraclass correlation coefficients of country and panel agreements with three valuation methods.


Visual analogue scale (15 disease stages)
Visual analogue scale (9 disease stages)
Time trade-off
(9 disease stages)
Person trade-off
(9 disease stages)


Random-effects
Proportion of total variance

Subject nested within panel*
4.3%
5.4%
9.8%
16.4%
Panel nested within country
0,0
0,0
0.7%
2.7%
Country
0.7%
0.1%
1.2%
3.9%
Disease
66.5%
65.4%
61.2%
36.7%
Disease effect crossed with:




- panel nested within country
0.8%
1.3%
0.4%
0.3%
- country
1.9%
1.8%
1.8%
6.9%
Residual
25.8%
26.0%
24.9%
33.2%

Intraclass correlation coefficient of country agreement**



0.72 (0.65–0.77)
0.72 (0.70–0.74)
0.72 (0.69–0.75)
0.56 (0.52–0.62)

Intraclass correlation coefficient of panel agreement**



0.73 (0.67–0.79)
0.73 (0.71–0.75)
0.74 (0.72–0.77)
0.64 (0.58–0.68)

* Two types of panel either with healthcare professionals or not ** 95% bootstrap confidence intervals estimated on 100 independent random samples dependend from country and panel type of the 232 individuals

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