Patient preferences for use of virtual consultations in an orthopaedic rehabilitation setting: Results from a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Virtual Consultations may reduce the need for face-to-face outpatient appointments, thereby potentially reducing the cost and time involved in delivering health care. This study reports a discrete choice experiment (DCE) that identifies factors that influence patient preferences for virtual consultations in an orthopaedic rehabilitation setting.

Methods

Previous research from the CONNECT (Care in Orthopaedics, burdeN of treatmeNt and the Effect of Communication Technology) Project and best practice guidance informed the development of our DCE. An efficient fractional factorial design with 16 choice scenarios was created that identified all main effects and partial two-way interactions. The design was divided into two blocks of eight scenarios each, to reduce the im

SUBMITTER: Gilbert AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8772015 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature