How to do (or not to do) … Designing a discrete choice experiment for application in a low-income country

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18033125
AutoresLindsay Mangham-Jefferies (0000-0002-7292-6342, University of London, autor de correspondencia), Lindsay J Mangham (Health Economics and Finance Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom.), Kara Hanson (0000-0002-9928-2823, Health Economics and Finance Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom.), Barbara Mcpake (0000-0002-9904-1077, Institute for International Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Queen Margaret University Drive, Musselburgh, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU, United Kingdom.)
Año2009
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas151-158
Fecha de publicación2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Policy and Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/heapol/czn047
PMID19112071
OpenAlexW2110636701
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas89
Referencias citadas40

Understanding the preferences of patients and health professionals is useful for health policy and planning. Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are a quantitative technique for eliciting preferences that can be used in the absence of revealed preference data. The method involves asking individuals to state their preference over hypothetical alternative scenarios, goods or services. Each alternative is described by several attributes and the responses are used to determine whether preferences are significantly influenced by the attributes and also their relative importance. DCEs are widely used in high-income contexts and are increasingly being applied in low- and middle-income countries to consider a range of policy concerns. This paper aims to provide an introduction to DCEs for policy-makers and researchers with little knowledge of the technique. We outline the stages involved in undertaking a DCE, with an emphasis on the design considerations applicable in a low-income setting

Business · Choice modelling · Developing country · Discrete choice · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Goods and services · Low and middle income countries · Microeconomics · Preference · Public economics · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Marketing