Patient Preferences for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care in South Africa: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the trade-offs low-resource setting community members were willing to make in regard to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care using a discrete choice experiment survey.

Methods

We administered a discrete choice experiment survey to a sample of community members 18 years or older across South Africa between April and May 2022. Participants were presented with 18 paired choice tasks comprised of 5 attributes (distance to closest adequate facility, provider of care, response time, chances of survival, and transport cost) and a range of 3 to 5 levels. We used mixed logit models to evaluate respondents' preferences for selected attributes.

Results

Analyses were based on 2228 responses and 40 104 choice tasks. Patients valued care with the shorte

SUBMITTER: Werner K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11349466 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature