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Utility
In the analysis of health outcomes, utility is a number between 0 and 1 that is assigned to a state of health or an outcome. Perfect health has a value of 1. Death has a value of 0.
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In
biomedical
ethics
and
clinical
decision
analysis
, the satisfaction or economic advantage gained from the outcome that results from a particular
decision
.
Medical dictionary
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2011
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