Health Economics Questionnaire (HEQ)
The Health Economics Questionnaire (HEQ) is a tool that people fill out themselves to report how they use health and social care services, medications, and how their health affects their work and daily life. It also collects background information like age and education. It was created to help study the costs and impacts of health treatments, especially in mental health, across different countries.
At a glance
Use when
Conducting non-commercial, within-trial economic evaluations where historical resource use data collection is needed, particularly in mental health research.
Avoid when
Starting new studies where updated, standardized instruments like the PECUNIA RUM are preferred; for commercial use without permission.
Inputs
Patient-reported data on service use, medication, work absenteeism and presenteeism, and socio-demographic information.
Outputs
Resource use data for economic evaluation, including inputs for cost calculation from a societal perspective.
How it works
The HEQ is a self-completed patient-reported instrument developed in 2016 for use in within-trial economic evaluations, particularly in mental health. It captures data on health and social care resource use, medication use, absenteeism, presenteeism, other productivity impacts, and socio-demographic variables. Originally implemented in the European PreDicT study, it has been translated into Dutch, French, German, and Spanish. The HEQ is no longer being updated; users are directed to the newer PECUNIA RUM instrument. It is available under a CC BY-NC license with mandatory citation and permission required via email.
- Project
- PECUNIA
- Funding
- Horizon 2020
- Project status
- Completed 2021
- HTA domains
- Costs & Economic Evaluation, Patient and Social Aspects
- Categories
- Costing & Resource UseHRQoLPROs
- Assumptions
- Patients can accurately recall and report their resource use and productivity impacts over a specified recall period.
- Strengths
- Comprehensive coverage of health and social care domains, developed based on international experience in mental health economic evaluations, available in multiple languages, validated for use in multi-country studies.
- Limitations
- No longer being updated or maintained; superseded by the PECUNIA RUM instrument; limited to self-report which may introduce recall bias.
- Also known as
- HEQ, Health Economics Questionnaire
Questions this answers
- › What health and social care services has the patient used?
- › What medications is the patient taking?
- › How much work time has the patient missed due to health (absenteeism)?
- › How has the patient's health affected their work performance while at work (presenteeism)?
- › What are the patient's socio-demographic characteristics?
- › What is the societal cost burden associated with a patient's health condition?
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