Do Residents and Healthcare Providers Differ in Preference for Family Doctor Contract Service? Evidence From a Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Few are known on how and to what extent residents and healthcare providers have different preferences for family doctor contract service (FDCS). This study aimed to elicit and compare the residents' and healthcare providers' preferences for FDCS through a discrete choice experiment (DCE).

Methods

Residents and healthcare providers recruited for the DCE were asked to choose repeatedly between two hypothetical service plans, which differed in six attributes: cost, service package, service delivery, type of service, accessibility of medicine, and level of healthcare team. We use mixed logit regression models to determine preferences for potential attributes.

Results

A total of 2,159 residents and 729 healthcare providers completed valid DCE questionnaires. The

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8866243 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature