The use of discrete choice experiments to inform health workforce policy: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discrete choice experiments have become a popular study design to study the labour market preferences of health workers. Discrete choice experiments in health, however, have been criticised for lagging behind best practice and there are specific methodological considerations for those focused on job choices. We performed a systematic review of the application of discrete choice experiments to inform health workforce policy.

Methods

We searched for discrete choice experiments that examined the labour market preferences of health workers, including doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, mid-level and community health workers. We searched Medline, Embase, Global Health, other databases and grey literature repositories with no limits on date or language and con

SUBMITTER: Mandeville KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4161911 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature