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. 2022 Sep;69(3):394-402.
doi: 10.1002/jmrs.580. Epub 2022 Apr 6.

Health preference research: An overview for medical radiation sciences

Amy Brown  1 , Scott Jones  2 , Jackie Yim  3   4
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Health preference research: An overview for medical radiation sciences

Amy Brown et al. J Med Radiat Sci. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Understanding preferences of key stakeholders including patients, clinicians and policymakers can inform clinical practice, workforce and policy. It also allows health services to evaluate existing clinical practices, policies and procedures. This commentary aims to introduce medical radiation professionals to health preference research by describing commonly used preference methodologies, with a particular focus on discrete choice experiments. Relevant examples of health preference research will be highlighted to demonstrate the application of health preference research in medical radiation sciences.

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Figure 1
Hypothetical example of a scenario and choice set used in a discrete choice experiment, developed by the authors to demonstrate a choice set. [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
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Figure 2
Broad stages of completing a discrete choice experiment (DCE), with the green steps highlighting where the MRS practitioner has the potential to take the leading role in a research team and blue steps highlighting where the MRS practitioner can work with a DCE expert/s. †ISPOR: The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research. [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
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