External validity is a crucial but under-researched topic when considering using discrete
choice experiment (DCE) results to inform decision making in clinical, commercial or policy …

Introduction The predominant method of economic evaluation is cost–utility analysis, which
uses cardinal preference elicitation methods, including the standard gamble and time trade …

Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are regularly used in health economics to elicit
preferences for healthcare products and programmes. There is growing recognition that …

Understanding the preferences of patients and health professionals is useful for health
policy and planning. Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are a quantitative technique for …

Compared to many applied areas of economics, health economics has a strong tradition in
eliciting and using stated preferences (SP) in policy analysis. Discrete choice experiments …

To successfully tackle the problems with the underutilization of primary care in rural China, it
is important to align resource allocation with the preferences of the rural population …

This paper presents the first attempt to use a discrete choice experiment to derive
distributional weights for quality adjusted life years (QALYs), based on characteristics (age …

Background Often affecting knee joints, osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of
arthritis and by 2020 is predicted to become the fourth leading cause of disability globally …

Objectives To assess patients' preferences for rheumatoid-arthritis treatments with biologic
agents using a discrete-choice experiment. Methods A discrete-choice experiment was …

Background Setting fair health care priorities counts among the most difficult ethical
challenges our societies are facing. Objective To elicit through a discrete choice experiment …