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Table 1 Study and sample characteristics

From: Patients’ preferences for primary health care – a systematic literature review of discrete choice experiments

 

Number of studies (%)

Sample

 Patients

10 (55.6%)

 Population

8 (44.4%)

Administration of survey

 Self-complete questionnaire

13 (72.2%)

 Interviewer administered

3 (16.7%)

 Computerized interview

2 (11.1%)

Number of attributes

 3 attributes

3 (16.7%)

 4 attributes

6 (33.3%)

 5 attributes

3 (16.7%)

 6 attributes

5 (27.8%)

 7 attributes

1 (5.6%)

Number of choice tasks per respondent

 8 or less choices

12 (66.7%)

 9 – 16 choices

4 (22.2%)

 Not reported

2 (11.1%)

Sample size

  < 500

6 (33.3%)

 500 – 1000

5 (27.8%)

  > 1000

7 (38.9%)

Response rate

  < 40%

3 (16.7%)

 40% – 60%

8 (44.4%)

  > 60%

2 (11.1%)

 Not calculated/reported

5 (27.8%)