Preferences for healthcare services among hypertension patients in China: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our study aimed to support evidence-informed policy-making on patient-centred care by investigating preferences for healthcare services among hypertension patients.

Design

We identified six attributes of healthcare services for a discrete choice experiment (DCE), and applied Bayesian-efficient design with blocking techniques to generate choice sets. After conducting the DCE, we used a mixed logit regression model to investigate patients' preferences for each attribute and analysed the heterogeneities in preferences. Estimates of willingness to pay were derived from regression coefficients.

Setting

The DCE was conducted in Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality in China.

Participants

Patients aged 18 years or older with a history of hypertension f

SUBMITTER: Yu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655589 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature