German tariffs for the ICECAP-Supportive Care Measure (ICECAP-SCM) for use in economic evaluations at the end of life

Purpose Economic evaluations often use tariffs for health-related quality of life to quantify health effects. For wellbeing at the end of life, issues beyond health-related quality of life may be important. Therefore, the ICECAP Supportive Care Measure (ICECAP-SCM) based on the capability approach was developed. The ICECAP-SCM questionnaire consists of seven attributes, each described by four ordinal levels. A validated German version of the ICECAP-SCM was published recently. However, tariffs for the German ICECAP-SCM are not available. Therefore, the aim was to determine a value set for the ICECAP-SCM based on…