Patient preferences for ocular hypertension monitoring: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

To elicit the preferences and calculate the willingness to pay (WTP) of patients with ocular hypertension (OHT) for eye monitoring services in the UK.

Methods

Patients with OHT aged at least 18 years recruited from four NHS ophthalmology departments were included in the study. Patients' preferences and WTP for an OHT monitoring service in the National Health Service were elicited using a discrete choice experiment (DCE) within a postal survey based on six attributes: (1) how OHT monitoring is organised, (2) monitoring frequency, (3) travel time from home, (4) use of a risk calculator for conversion to glaucoma, (5) risk of developing glaucoma in the next 10 years and (6) cost of monitoring. We used a sequential mixed-methods approach to design the survey.

SUBMITTER: Wu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603805 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature