Stakeholder preferences for attributes of digital health technologies to consider in health service funding.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health service providers are currently making decisions on the public funding of digital health technologies (DHTs) for managing chronic diseases with limited understanding of stakeholder preferences for DHT attributes. This study aims to understand the community, patient/carer, and health professionals' preferences to help inform a prioritized list of evaluation criteria.

Methods

An online best-worst scaling survey was conducted in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom to ascertain the relative importance of twenty-four DHT attributes among stakeholder groups using an efficient incomplete block design. The attributes were identified from a systematic review of DHT evaluation frameworks for consideration in a health technology assessment. Results

SUBMITTER: von Huben A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574528 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature