RTI Press Research Report
A brief introduction to the use of stated-choice methods to measure preferences for treatment benefits and risks
Johnson, F.R., Hauber, A.B., & Poulos, C.M. (September 2009).
Understanding patient and physician perceptions, preferences, and choices is important for reducing the incidence of adverse outcomes while making treatment benefits available to the largest possible number of patients, according to a recent RTI Press study.
The authors suggest that a carefully designed and skillfully implemented survey of patient preferences can produce valid and reliable estimates of patients’ and other stakeholders’ risk tolerance. These estimates may be useful, in conjunction with traditional forms of evidence, for informing product development decisions, licensing decisions, and clinical choices among alternative therapies.
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Full Citation: Johnson, F.R., Hauber, A.B., & Poulos, C.M. (September 2009). A brief introduction to the use of stated-choice methods to measure preferences for treatment benefits and risks. RTI Press Publication No. RR-0009-0909.
Abstract
Understanding patient and physician perceptions, preferences, and choices is important for reducing the incidence of adverse outcomes while making treatment benefits available to the largest possible number of patients, according to a recent RTI Press study.The authors suggest that a carefully designed and skillfully implemented survey of patient preferences can produce valid and reliable estimates of patients’ and other stakeholders’ risk tolerance. These estimates may be useful, in conjunction with traditional forms of evidence, for informing product development decisions, licensing decisions, and clinical choices among alternative therapies.
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