Using qualitative methods for attribute development for discrete choice experiments: Issues and recommendations

Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 730-741

  Coast, Joanna ^a   Al Janabi, Hareth ^a   Sutton, Eileen J ^b   Horrocks, Susan A ^c   Vosper, A Jane ^b   Swancutt, Dawn R ^a   Flynn, Terry N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

attribute development; best worst scaling; discrete choice experiment; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860259012     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1739     Document Type: Article

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