Systematic review and validity assessment of methods used in discrete choice experiments of primary healthcare professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) have been used to measure patient and healthcare professionals preferences in a range of settings internationally. Using DCEs in primary care is valuable for determining how to improve rational shared decision making. The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the validity of the methods used for DCEs assessing the decision making of healthcare professionals in primary care.

Main body

A systematic search was conducted to identify articles with original data from a discrete choice experiment where the population was primary healthcare professionals. All publication dates from database inception to 29th February 2020 were included. A data extraction and validity assessment template based on guidelines was used. After scre

SUBMITTER: Merlo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725112 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature