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Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Value Health and Health Care

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Editors:
  1. Mandy Ryan

    1. University of Aberdeen, UK

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  2. Karen Gerard

    1. University of Southampton, UK

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  3. Mabel Amaya-Amaya

    1. University of Aberdeen, UK

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  • Rigorous overview of DCE methods and application in health economics
  • Transparency in how to apply current thinking on experimental design to health economics applications
  • Clear and illuminating series of applied case studies demonstrating different types of choice modelling techniques and the use of results for policy analysis
  • Clear and illuminating series of methodological case studies by internationally respected leaders in their field

Part of the book series: The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources (ENGO, volume 11)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Dces: What are they and their Application in Health A User's Guide

    1. Discrete Choice Experiments in a Nutshell

      • Mandy Ryan, Karen Gerard, Mabel Amaya-Amaya
      Pages 13-46

    2. Designing Discrete Choice Experiments for Health Care

      • Deborah J. Street, Leonie Burgess, Rosalie Viney, Jordan Louviere
      Pages 47-72

    3. Practical Issues in Conducting a Discrete Choice Experiment

      • Mandy Ryan, Karen Gerard, Verity Watson, Deborah J. Street, Leonie Burgess
      Pages 73-97

  3. Case Studies in Valuing Health and Health Care

    1. Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Go Beyond Clinical Outcomes when Evaluating Clinical Practice

      • Mandy Ryan, Diane Skåtun, Kirsten Major
      Pages 101-116

    2. Using Discrete Choice Modelling to Investigate Breast Screening Participation

      • Karen Gerard, Marian Shanahan, Jordan Louviere
      Pages 117-137

    3. Preferences for Health Care Programmes: Results from a general population discrete choice survey

      • Stirling Bryan, Tracy Roberts
      Pages 139-152

    4. Examining the Preferences of Health Care Providers: An application to hospital consultants

      • Anthony Scott, Cristina Ubach, Fiona French, Gillian Needham
      Pages 153-171

  4. Methodological Issues

    1. The Price Proxy in Discrete Choice Experiments: Issues of Relevance for Future Research

      • Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Ulla Slothuus Skjoldborg
      Pages 175-193

    2. “Irrational” Stated Preferences: A quantitative and qualitative investigation

      • Fernando San Miguel Inza, Mandy Ryan, Mabel Amaya-Amaya
      Pages 195-215

    3. Using Stated Preference and Revealed Preference Data Fusion Modelling in Health Care

      • Tami Mark, Joffre Swait
      Pages 217-234

  5. Conclusions

    1. Concluding Thoughts

      • Mandy Ryan, Karen Gerard, Mabel Amaya-Amaya
      Pages 237-248

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 249-255
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USING DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO VALUE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the development and application of discrete choice experiments (DCEs) within health economics. The use of this re- tively new instrument to value health and health care has now evolved to the point where a general text for practising professionals seems appropriate. The few existing books in this area are either research monographs or focus almost entirely on more advanced t- ics. By contrast, this book serves as a general reference for those applying the technique to health care for the first time as well as for more experienced practitioners. Thus, the book is relevant to postgraduate students and applied researchers who have an interest in the use of DCEs for valuing health and health care. Contributions are made by a number of leading experts in the field, enabling the book to contain a uniquely rich mix of research applications and methodological developments. Part 1 summarises how DCEs can be implemented, from experimental design to data analysis and the interpretation of results. In many ways, this can be regarded as a crash course on the conduct of DCEs. Extensive reference is made throughout to other sources of literature where the interested reader can find further details. Part 2 presents a series of case studies, illustrating the breadth of applications in health e- nomics.

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"‘Using discrete choice experiments to value health and health care’ is a highly valuable text devoted to discussion on utility of Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) as an economic assessment technique when measuring health-care benefits. … The book is aimed to new readers in Discrete Choice Experiments in health care as a review of several fields of research from the perspective of the human behaviour." (Ramón Álvarez-Esteban, International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, Vol. 5, 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Aberdeen, UK

    Mandy Ryan, Mabel Amaya-Amaya

  • University of Southampton, UK

    Karen Gerard

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