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A review of studies mapping (or cross walking) non-preference based measures of health to generic preference-based measures
The European Journal of Health Economics, 07/13/09

Brazier JE et al. - Clinical studies use a wide variety of health status measures to measure health related quality of life, many of which cannot be used in cost-effectiveness analysis using cost per quality adjusted life year (QALY). Mapping is one solution that is gaining popularity as it enables health state utility values to be predicted for use in cost per QALY analysis when no preference-based measure has been included in the study.

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