Patient and Public Preferences for Coordinated Care in Switzerland: Development of a Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our objective was to develop and test a discrete choice experiment (DCE) eliciting public and patient preferences for better-coordinated care in Switzerland.

Methods

We applied a multistage mixed-methods procedure using qualitative and quantitative approaches. First, to identify attributes, we performed a review of the DCE literature in healthcare with a focus on chronic care. Next, attribute selection involved stakeholders (N = 7) from various healthcare sectors to select the most relevant and actionable attributes, followed by three organized focus groups involving the general public and patients (N = 21) to verify the selection and the clarity of the DCE tasks and explanations. Finally, we conducted an online pilot in the target population to test the survey and

SUBMITTER: Nicolet A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197802 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature