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Karimi M, Brazier J, Basarir H. The Capability Approach: A Critical Review of Its Application in Health Economics. Value Health. 2016;19(6):795-799doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.05.006.
Karimi, M., Brazier, J., & Basarir, H. (2016). The Capability Approach: A Critical Review of Its Application in Health Economics. Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 19(6), 795-799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2016.05.006
Karimi, Milad, et al. "The Capability Approach: A Critical Review of Its Application in Health Economics." Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research vol. 19,6 (2016): 795-799. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2016.05.006
Karimi M, Brazier J, Basarir H. The Capability Approach: A Critical Review of Its Application in Health Economics. Value Health. 2016 Sep - Oct;19(6):795-799. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.05.006. Epub 2016 Jun 29. PMID: 27712707.
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Value Health. 2016 Sep - Oct;19(6):795-799. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.05.006. Epub 2016 Jun 29.

The Capability Approach: A Critical Review of Its Application in Health Economics.

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Milad Karimi, John Brazier, Hasan Basarir

Affiliations

  1. Health Economics and Decision Science, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Health Economics and Decision Science, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

PMID: 27712707 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.05.006

Abstract

The capability approach is an approach to assessing well-being developed by Amartya Sen. Interest in this approach has resulted in several attempts to develop questionnaires to measure and value capability at an individual level in health economics. This commentary critically reviews the ability of these questionnaires to measure and value capability. It is argued that the method used in the questionnaires to measure capability will result in a capability set that is an inaccurate description of the individual's true capability set. The measured capability set will either represent only one combination and ignore the value of choice in the capability set, or represent one combination that is not actually achievable by the individual. In addition, existing methods of valuing capability may be inadequate because they do not consider that capability is a set. It may be practically more feasible to measure and value capability approximately rather than directly. Suggestions are made on how to measure and value an approximation to capability, but further research is required to implement the suggestions.

Copyright © 2016 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: ICECAP; capability; capability approach; economic evaluation

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