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01.08.2017 | Commentary
Assessment of Individual Patient Preferences to Inform Clinical Practice
verfasst von:
Jennifer Anne Whitty, Liana Fraenkel, Christopher S. Saigal, Catharina G. M. Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Dean A. Regier, Deborah A. Marshall
Erschienen in:
The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
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Ausgabe 4/2017
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Excerpt
Health preference research (HPR) enumerates the tradeoffs that patients are willing to make between different healthcare attributes and the value that they place on competing alternatives [
1]. Most preference studies consider “mean” preference estimates across populations in order to inform resource allocation decisions. However, clinical care is directed toward the individual patient. Therefore, individual-level preferences are required in order to inform decision making and to help patients choose between alternative treatments and services. Patients who know and understand their preferences may experience less decisional regret, increased levels of satisfaction, and improved communication with their healthcare providers [
2]. …
