Taking the Shortcut: Simplifying Heuristics in Discrete Choice Experiments

Jorien Veldwijk (), Stella Maria Marceta, Joffre Dan Swait, Stefan Adriaan Lipman and Esther Wilhelmina Bekker-Grob
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Jorien Veldwijk: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Stella Maria Marceta: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Joffre Dan Swait: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Stefan Adriaan Lipman: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Esther Wilhelmina Bekker-Grob: Erasmus University Rotterdam

The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 2023, vol. 16, issue 4, No 3, 315 pages

Abstract: Abstract Health-related discrete choice experiments (DCEs) information can be used to inform decision-making on the development, authorisation, reimbursement and marketing of drugs and devices as well as treatments in clinical practice. Discrete choice experiment is a stated preference method based on random utility theory (RUT), which imposes strong assumptions on respondent choice behaviour. However, respondents may use choice processes that do not adhere to the normative rationality assumptions implied by RUT, applying simplifying decision rules that are more selective in the amount and type of processed information (i.e., simplifying heuristics). An overview of commonly detected simplifying heuristics in health-related DCEs is lacking, making it unclear how to identify and deal with these heuristics; more specifically, how researchers might alter DCE design and modelling strategies to accommodate for the effects of heuristics. Therefore, the aim of this paper is three-fold: (1) provide an overview of common simplifying heuristics in health-related DCEs, (2) describe how choice task design and context as well as target population selection might impact the use of heuristics, (3) outline DCE design strategies that recognise the use of simplifying heuristics and develop modelling strategies to demonstrate the detection and impact of simplifying heuristics in DCE study outcomes.

Date: 2023
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