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Table 8 Hypothetical MDR-TB CB DOT models ranks and utility scores

From: Developing a patient-centered community-based model for management of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Uganda: a discrete choice experiment

Profile

Utility score

Rank

H2 CHW/Treatment delivered at home/Travel voucher

4.25

1

F2 Expert clients/Treatment delivered at home/Travel voucher

4.01

2

G2 CHW/Treatment delivered at home/Phone call reminder

3.61

3

A2 Expert client/Treatment delivered at home/Phone call reminder

3.36

4

E1 Family member/Treatment delivered at home/Travel voucher

3.12

5

A1 CHW/Treatment delivered at work/Monthly travel voucher for monthly appointments

3.00

6

E2 CHW/Treatment delivered at home/SMS reminder for monthly appointments

2.90

7

B2 Expert client/Treatment delivered at work/Monthly travel voucher for monthly appointments

2.76

8

D1 Expert client/Treatment delivered at home/SMS reminder for monthly appointments

2.66

9

D2 Family member/Treatment delivered at home/Phone call reminder for monthly appointments

2.48

10

C2 CHW/Treatment delivered at work/Phone call reminder for monthly appointments

2.36

11

H1 Expert client/Treatment delivered at work/Phone call reminder for monthly appointments

2.11

12

C1 Family member/Treatment delivered at home/SMS reminder for monthly appointments

1.77

13

B1 Family member/Treatment delivered at home/SMS reminders for monthly appointments

1.77

13

C1 Family member/Treatment delivered at home/SMS reminder for monthly appointments

1.66

15

F1 CHW/Treatment delivered at work/SMS reminder for monthly appointments

1.41

16

  1. Utility score calculated by substituting estimates of preference weights of attributes into the derived utility model
  2. Utility score (V) = .5230616 + 1.132371 (c_chw) + .8881919 (c_expert) + 1.250887 (l_home) + .7014401 (s_phcall) + 1.346391 (s_tvouch)