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The authors gratefully acknowledge the administrative support for the preparation of this paper from the IAHPR. Drs. Craig, Mühlbacher, Lanscar, and Brown serve on the Board of the IAHPR Foundation. Drs. Craig and Mühlbacher are also the founding co-chairs of the Health Preference Research special interest group at the International Society of Quality of Life Research.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33620-5500, USA

    Benjamin M. Craig

  2. Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia

    Emily Lancsar

  3. Hochschule Neubrandenburg, Fachbereich Gesundheit und Pflege, Institut Gesundheitsökonomie und Medizinmanagement, Postfach 11 01 21, 17041, Neubrandenburg, Germany

    Axel C. Mühlbacher

  4. Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

    Derek S. Brown

  5. Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Discovery Bldg., Ste. 358, Columbia, SC, 290208, USA

    Jan Ostermann

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Craig, B.M., Lancsar, E., Mühlbacher, A.C. et al. Health Preference Research: An Overview. Patient 10, 507–510 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-017-0253-9

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