Societal preferences for funding orphan drugs in China: An application of the discrete choice experiment method.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore whether a societal preference for orphan drugs exists in Chinese general public and to quantitatively measure the personal trade-off between essential attributes of orphan drugs through a discrete choice experiment.

Methods

A labeled discrete choice experiment was employed to measure public preference. Six attributes (impact of diseases on life-years, impact of diseases on quality of life, availability of alternative drug treatments, annual cost per patient paid by medical insurance, expected increases in life-expectancy, and improvements to the quality of life) were identified through a literature review, experts' suggestions, and stakeholders' semi-structured interviews, then refined through a pre-survey. The current study used a D-efficient design to

SUBMITTER: Tan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790908 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature