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Table 4 Choice predictions

From: Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences: a discrete choice experiment

 

Policy 1

Policy 2

Policy 3

Policy 4

Target people:

    

People with disability

  

✓

 

People with drug addiction

 

✓

  

People with cancer

✓

   

People with mental health problems

   

✓

People with obesity

    

People with asthma

    

Target age:

    

Young (less than 18)

 

✓

  

Adults (18–65)

  

✓

✓

Elderly (more than 65)

✓

   

Implementation time:

    

Between 6–12 months

   

✓

More than 12 months

✓

   

Between 0–5 months

 

✓

✓

 

Whether it works:

    

It works but not scientifically proven

    

Experts say it works elsewhere in the NHS

✓

   

It works and scientific studies confirm this

 

✓

✓

✓

Potential health benefits:

    

Moderate health (50%)

✓

   

Good health (75%)

  

✓

 

Best health (100%)

 

✓

 

✓

Cost per month:

£40

£10

£30

£15

Choice probability

0.78 (0.69-0.87)

0.43 (0.39-0.48)

0.79 (0.75-0.83)

0.82 (0.80-0.84)

  1. Figures in parentheses are confidence intervals at the 95% level, obtained using the delta method.