Preferences for Enhanced Primary Care Services Among Older Individuals and Primary Care Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to identify the factors that are most important for community-dwelling older individuals (i.e., users) and primary care (PC) providers to enhance PC services.

Methods

Discrete choice experiment surveys were administered to 747 individuals aged ≥ 60 years and 242 PC physicians in Singapore between December 2020 and August 2021. Participants were asked to choose between two hypothetical PC clinics and their current clinic. Latent class models were used to estimate the relative attribute importance (RAI) and to calculate the predicted uptake for enhanced PC services.

Results

Based on the attributes and levels used in this study, the out-of-pocket cost (RAI: 47%) and types of services offered (RAI: 25%) were the most important attributes for users while

SUBMITTER: Ozdemir S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10169155 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature