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Table 2 Exemplary DCE choice set

From: Patient preferences in allergy immunotherapy (AIT) in Germany – a discrete-choice-experiment

 

Immunotherapy A

Immunotherapy B

 

Administration form

A tablet taken every day at home

An injection given every visit at physician’s office

 

Total number and duration of necessary visits to a physician

24 times for 45 min over 3 years

12 times for 15 min over 3 years

 

Frequency of a life-threatening anaphylactic shock

1 in 10,000 patients

1 in 100,000 patients

 

Local side-effects

Itching or swelling under the tongue

Rash or swelling sited at the upper arm

 

Sum of co-payments for the whole treatment

€120 over 3 years

€60 over 3 years

 

Question 1:

Which of the two therapies would you use?

A

B

None of them

Question 2:

Which of the two therapies do you prefer even if you don’t use it?

A

B

 
  1. (the displayed Immunotherapies A and B are just two of a number of hypothetical possibilities)