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Table 5 Tradeoffs between extra trips to hospital and extra minutes of travel time to hospital and other attributes

From: Women’s preferences for inpatient and outpatient priming for labour induction: a discrete choice experiment

Preferred attribute level

Number of extra trips women prepared to accept to have preferred attribute levela

Extra travel time per trip women prepared to accept to have preferred attribute levelb

Total extra minutes of travel time women prepared to accept to get preferred attribute level

Environment while waiting for gels to work

   

 Own home

1.42 extra trips (2.42 trips total)

30.6 minutes per trip

73.3 minutesc

 Private room with private bath

n/a

 

54.7 minutesd

Familiarity with midwife

   

 One of a team of 4–5 midwives met before (vs rostered midwife)

   

  Outpatient

0.24 extra trips (1.24 trips total)

5.1 minutes per trip

6.3 minutesc

  Enhanced inpatient

n/a

 

14.2 minutesd

One of a pair of midwives met before (vs rostered midwife)

   

  Outpatient

0.47 extra trips (1.47 trips total)

10.1 minutes per trip

14.9 minutesc

  Enhanced inpatient

n/a

 

28.5 minutesd

A midwife that they know well (vs rostered midwife)

   

  Outpatient

0.71 extra trips (1.71 trips total)

15.2 minutes per trip

26.0 minutesc

  Enhanced inpatient

n/a

 

42.7 minutesd

  1. aβownhome/βtrips; (βmidwifeOP *attribute LevelmidwifeOP)/βtrips.
  2. bβownhome/βtraveltimeOP; (βmidwifeOP *attribute LevelmidwifeOP)/βtraveltimeOP.
  3. ctotal trips (column2) *minutes per trip (column3) = total minutes.
  4. dβprivateroom&bath/βtraveltimeIP; (βmidwifeIP *attribute LevelmidwifeIP)/βtraveltimeIP.