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Table 2 Respondents’ characteristics

From: Do patients’ preferences prevail in hospital selection?: a comparison between discrete choice experiments and revealed hospital choice

 

Breast cancer

Cataract

Study sample (n = 631)

Dutch patients a

Study sample (n = 1109)

Dutch patients a

%

%

%

%

Demographics

 Gender

  Male

0.0

1.3

42.9

40.5

  Female

100.0

98.7

54.2

59.5

  Missing

0.0

0.0

2.9

0.0

 Age

  18–44 years

26.0

20.5

  

  45–64 years

50.7

50.1

  

  65 years and older

23.3

29.4

  

  Missing

0.0

0.0

  

  18–64 years

  

25.7

18.6

  65–79 years

  

60.2

54.0

  80 years and older

  

14.1

27.4

  Missing

  

0.0

0.0

Socio-economic status

 Education level

  Low

44.8

25.1

68.4

40.9

  Moderate

33.1

42.6

13.1

36.6

  High

16.6

32.3

9.9

22.5

  Not-disclosed or missing

5.5

0.0

8.6

0.0

Self-reported health status

 General health

  Poor

7.3

 

1.8

 

  Moderate

18.7

 

22.6

 

  (Very) good

73.4

 

68.8

 

  Missing

0.6

 

6.8

 

 Mental health b

  Poor

15.1

 

0.0

 

  Moderate

22.2

 

0.0

 

  (Very) good

61.9

 

0.0

 

  Missing

0.8

 

100.0

 

Being well-informed on quality information

 Patient experiences

  No

76.7

 

57.7

 

  Yes

16.5

 

32.6

 

  Do not know

5.5

 

4.5

 

  Missing

1.3

 

5.2

 

 Clinical quality indicators

  No

69.9

 

47.3

 

  Yes

23.1

 

41.9

 

  Do not know

5.7

 

5.3

 

  Missing

1.3

 

5.5

 

Advice received in hospital choice (self-reported)

 Who had recommended the chosen hospital

  No one in particular

46.0

 

55.3

 

  Friends

4.4

 

10.6

 

  GP

45.2

 

24.3

 

  Missing

4.4

 

9.8

 
  1. GP General Practitioner
  2. asource: [25,26,27,28]
  3. bmental health was only measured for breast cancer