Experimental measurement of preferences in health care using best-worst scaling (BWS): theoretical and statistical issues.
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For optimal solutions in health care, decision makers inevitably must evaluate trade-offs, which call for multi-attribute valuation methods. Researchers have proposed using best-worst scaling (BWS) methods which seek to extract information from respondents by asking them to identify the best and worst items in each choice set. While a companion paper describes the different types of BWS, application and their advantages and downsides, this contribution expounds their relationships with microeconomic theory, which also have implications for statistical inference. This article devotes to the microeconomic foundations of preference measurement, also addressing issues such as scale invariance and scale heterogeneity. Furthermore the paper discusses the basics of preference measurement using rating, ranking and stated choice data in the light of the findings of the preceding section. Moreover the paper gives an introduction to the use of stated choice data and juxtaposes BWS with the microeconomic foundations.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Mühlbacher, AC; Zweifel, P; Kaczynski, A; Johnson, FR
Published Date
- December 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 6 / 1
Start / End Page
- 5 -
PubMed ID
- 26822869
Pubmed Central ID
- 26822869
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 2191-1991
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1186/s13561-015-0077-z
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Germany