What is important in a fight for life? - preferences of women diagnosed with breast cancer for attributes of an oncological institute

Einat Neuman

Applied Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 16, issue 16, 1665-1670

Abstract: A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) is used to establish preference patterns for attributes of a medical institute that are exhibited by Israeli women who were diagnosed with breast cancer. It contributes and adds to the growing body of studies in Health Economics that use DCEs: (i) the domain of experimentation is extended to a country other than the UK or the US, where most experiments took place; (ii) a life-threatening disease has been chosen for the DCE, to test whether in this case too individuals relate to trade-offs between attributes, or alternatively focus only on quality of treatment; (iii) substitution or complementarities between attributes have been investigated; and (iv) differences in preference patterns within diverse socio-economic groups have been explored. The findings are followed by suggestions for possible extensions.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850701578967

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