Patient and Public Preferences for Treatment Attributes in Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient and public preferences for therapeutic outcomes or medical technologies are often elicited, and discordance between the two is frequently reported.

Objective

Our main objective was to compare patient and public preferences for treatment attributes in Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods

A representative sample from Dutch PD patients and the general public were invited to complete a best-worst scaling case 2 experiment consisting of six health-related outcomes and one attribute describing the specific treatment (brain surgery, pump, oral medication). Data were analyzed using mixed logit models, and attribute impact was estimated and compared between populations (and population subgroups).

Results

Both the public (N = 276) and patient (N = 198) po

SUBMITTER: Weernink MGM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5681616 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature