Table 5

Sensitivity analysis of ordering of cumulative condition groups. Sensitivity of estimated age-standardized average health state valuation H and of estimated HALE at birth to three orderings of cumulative condition groups for dependent comorbidity adjustments for a developed country and a developing country.


Age-standardized average health state valuation H
HALE at birth (years)




Male
Female
Male
Female

Ghana




     Independent comorbidity
0.151
0.096
46.8
48.9
     Order 1
0.134
0.089
47.8
49.9
     Order 2
0.128
0.088
48.1
50.0
     Order 3
0.128
0.085
48.5
50.3





Sweden




     Independent comorbidity
0.066
0.044
70.5
72.6
     Order 1
0.062
0.042
70.9
73.3
     Order 2
0.060
0.041
71.0
73.6
     Order 3
0.056
0.039
71.2
73.9

Mathers et al. Population Health Metrics 2006 4:4   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-4-4