Appraising patient preference methods for decision-making in the medical product lifecycle: an empirical comparison

Table 1 Thirty-three patient preference exploration and elicitation methods (adapted from Soekhai et al. [12])

		Methods
Preference exploration methods	Individual methods	In-depth individual interviews
		(Semi) structured - individual interviews
		Complaints procedures
		Concept mapping^a
	Group methods	Delphi method
		Dyadic interview
		Citizens’ juries
		Focus groups
		Nominal group technique
		Public meetings
Preference elicitation methods	Discrete choice based methods	Adaptive conjoint analysis
	Discrete choice based methods	Discrete choice experiment / Best- worst scaling (type 3)
	Indifference methods	Contingent valuation
		Person-trade off
		(Probabilistic) threshold technique
		Standard gamble
		Starting known efficacy
		Test trade-off
		Time trade-off
	Rating methods	Allocation of points
		Analytic hierarchy process
		Constant sum scaling
		Measure of value
		Outcome prioritization tool
		Repertory grid method
		Swing weighting
		Visual analogue scale
	Ranking methods	Best-worst scaling (type 1)^b
		Best- worst scaling (type 2)^b
		Control preference scale
		Q-methodology
		Qualitative discriminant process
		Self-explicated conjoint

^aConcept mapping can be utilised as a group method, but for the purpose of this method comparison it will be taxonomised as an individual method because the success of its data collection is not dependent on the present of multiple participants, unlike the other group techniques
^bSoekhai et al. [12] condensed Best-worst scaling types 1 and 2 into one method for the systematic review, but these were separated for this investigation to determine whether they performed differently

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