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Table 2 Ranking candidate attributes by importance in lung allocation

From: A revealed preference analysis to develop composite scores approximating lung allocation policy in the U.S

Candidate attribute

Score for most preferred value

Score for least preferred value

Difference

Importance rank

Adult donor model

 Medical priority

3.849

0.000

3.849

2

 Candidate age

0.000

− 1.601

1.601

4

 Proximity

0.000

− 30.907

30.907

1

 Candidate blood type relative to donor blood type

1.008

− 1.008

2.016

3

Pediatric donor model

 Medical priority

3.657

0.000

3.657

2

 Candidate age

1.946

0.000

1.946

4

 Proximity

0.000

− 28.285

28.285

1

 Candidate blood type relative to donor blood type

0.978

− 0.978

1.956

3

  1. Calculations performed using coefficients reported in Table 1, which were rounded to third decimal place