Patients' preferences for primary health care - a systematic literature review of discrete choice experiments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care is a key element of health care systems and addresses the main health problems of the population. Due to the demographic change, primary care even gains in importance. The knowledge of the patients' preferences can help policy makers as well as physicians to set priorities in their effort to make health care delivery more responsive to patients' needs. Our objective was to describe which aspects of primary care were included in preference studies and which of them were the most preferred aspects.

Methods

In order to elicit the preferences for primary care, a systematic literature search was conducted. Two researchers searched three electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, and PsycINFO) and conducted a narrative synthesis. Inclusion criteria were: focus o

SUBMITTER: Kleij KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5505038 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature