Willingness to participate in pragmatic dialysis trials: the importance of physician decisional autonomy and consent approach by Katherine R. Courtright, Scott D. Halpern, Steven Joffe, Susan S. Ellenberg, Jason Karlawish, Vanessa Madden, Nicole B. Gabler, Stephanie Szymanski, Kuldeep N. Yadav, Laura M. Dember

“…Methods We performed a discrete choice experiment and used conjoint analysis to assess how specific attributes of pragmatic dialysis trials influenced patients’ and physicians’ willingness to have their dialysis facility participate in a hypothetical trial of hypertension management. …”
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Whooping crane use of riverine stopover sites. by David M Baasch, Patrick D Farrell, Shay Howlin, Aaron T Pearse, Jason M Farnsworth, Chadwin B Smith

“…We used 17 years of systematic monitoring data in a discrete-choice framework to evaluate the influence these various metrics have on the relative probability of whooping crane use and found the width of channel unobstructed by dense vegetation and distance to the nearest forest were the best predictors of whooping crane use. …”
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Roads and livelihood activity choices in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania. by Solomon Zena Walelign, Martin Reinhardt Nielsen, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen

“…Road development is occurring at an unprecedented rate in important conservation areas in tropical countries with limited understanding of how local people will adjust their livelihood activities in response. We use a discrete choice experiment to explore the effect of road development on respondents ex-ante preferences for changes in livelihood activities-crop and livestock production, hunting and trading bushmeat, and business and wage employment-under different incentives-provision of loans, livestock and crop extension services-in scenarios with reduced travel time to nearest district town in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem in Tanzania. …”
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WHAT ARE THE PERCEPTIONS AND MOST RELEVANT TREATMENT OUTCOMES REGARDING GENE THERAPY ACCORDING TO PEOPLE WITH HEMOPHILIAS IN BRAZIL? STUDY PROTOCOL FOR A QUALITATIVE PATIENT PREFER... by F Vicente, J Balardin, L Piton, R Feitoza, S Lima, DV Pachito

“…These findings will inform future quantitative patient preference studies (discrete choice and best-worst scaling experiments). Conclusion: Results will provide evidence on patient preferences regarding alternatives of care for hemophilias in Brazil. …”
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Patient Risk–Benefit Preferences for Transcatheter Versus Surgical Mitral Valve Repair by Anna Hung, Jui‐Chen Yang, Matthew Wallace, Brittany A. Zwischenberger, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Robert J. Mentz, Elizabeth Thoma, Scott Goates, John Lewis, Susan Strong, Shelby D. Reed

“…Methods and Results A discrete choice experiment survey was administered to patients with mitral regurgitation. …”
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Preference-Based Implementation of Video Consultations in Urban and Rural Regions in Outpatient Care in Germany: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Lara Kleinschmidt, Anke Walendzik, Jürgen Wasem, Klemens Höfer, Beatrice Nauendorf, Matthias Brittner, Paul Brandenburg, André Aeustergerling, Udo Schneider, Anja Wadeck, Stephanie Sehlen, Sebastian Liersch, Katharina Schwarze, Carsten Schwenke, Theresa Hüer

“…The central element of the survey is the implementation of discrete choice experiments to elicit relevant preferences of (potential) user groups and service providers. …”
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Patients’, physicians’, nurses’, and pharmacists’ preferences on the characteristics of biologic agents used in the treatment of rheumatic diseases by Scalone L, Sarzi-Puttini P, Sinigaglia L, Montecucco C, Giacomelli R, Lapadula G, Olivieri I, Giardino AM, Cortesi PA, Mantovani LG, Mecchia M

“…Pini Hospital, Milan, Italy; 4University of Pavia School of Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy; 5Rheumatology Unit School of Medicine, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy; 6Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; 7Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza, Potenza, Italy; 8Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Matera, Italy; 9MSD Italy, Rome, Italy†Dr Ignazio Olivieri passed away on July 28, 2017Objective: To estimate preferences in relevant treatment characteristics evaluated by different groups involved in the management of patients with rheumatic diseases.Subjects and methods: We surveyed patients with rheumatic diseases, and rheumatologists, nurses, and pharmacists with experience in treatment with/provision of biologic drugs for these patients. Through a discrete choice experiment, participants evaluated 16 possible scenarios in which pairs of similarly efficacious treatments were described with six characteristics: 1) frequency of administration; 2) mode and place of administration; 3) manner, helpfulness, efficiency, and courtesy of health personnel; 4) frequency of reactions at the site of drug administration; 5) severity of generalized undesired/allergic reactions; and 6) additional cost. …”
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COSIMO – patients with active cancer changing to rivaroxaban for the treatment and prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism: a non-interventional study by Alexander T. Cohen, Anthony Maraveyas, Jan Beyer-Westendorf, Agnes Y. Y. Lee, Lorenzo G. Mantovani, Miriam Bach, on behalf of the COSIMO Investigators

“…Secondary outcomes include treatment preferences, measured using a discrete choice experiment, change in ACTS Burdens score at months 3 and 6, and change in HRQoL (assessed using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Fatigue questionnaire). …”
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Comparison of four value sets derived using different TTO and DCE approaches: application to the new region-specific PBM, AP-7D by Takeru Shiroiwa, Tatsunori Murata, Yasuhiro Morii, Eri Hoshino, Takashi Fukuda

“…Method We surveyed the general population’s preference of AP-7D health states by four valuation methods (a) composite time trade-off (cTTO); (b) simple discrete choice experiment (DCE); (c) DCE with duration; and (d) ternary DCE. …”
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Preference heterogeneity in health valuation: a latent class analysis of the Peru EQ-5D-5L values by Suzana Karim, Benjamin Matthew Craig, Romina Arely Tejada, Federico Augustovski

“…To better understand heterogeneity within a national population, valuation studies may identify latent groups that place different absolute and relative importance (i.e., scale and taste parameters) on the attributes of health profiles. Objective Using discrete choice responses from a Peruvian valuation study, we estimated EQ-5D-5L values on a quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) scale accounting for latent heterogeneity in scale and taste, as well as controlling heteroskedasticity at task level variation. …”
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The WASh Trial: water-assisted sigmoidoscopy in the English Bowel Scope Screening Programme: study protocol for a randomized multicenter trial by Iosif Beintaris, Shiran Esmaily, Brian P. Saunders, Colin J. Rees, Christian Von Wagner, Zacharias Tsiamoulos, Zoe Hoare, Rachel Evans, Seow Tien Yeo, R. T. Edwards, Tony Larkin, Andrew Veitch, Andrew Chilton, Michael G. Bramble, Jill Deane, Matthew D. Rutter

“…A cost-effectiveness analysis of WAS versus CO2 and a discrete choice experiment exploring preferences of participants for attributes of sigmoidoscopy will also be performed. …”
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Demand forecasting using Monte Carlo Multi-Attribute Utility Theory by Stefancik, John

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Urbanization process models, internal rural-urban migration, and the role of institutions in China : three essays on urbanization and migration by Xu, Liyan, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Lovable sustainability : from residential solar PV systems to eco-feedback designs by Bao, Qifang.

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Reinterpreting vehicle ownership in the era of shared and smart mobility by Basu, Rounaq.

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Estimation of cumulative prospect theory-based passenger behavioral models for dynamic pricing & transactive control of shared mobility on demand by Jagadeesan Nair, Vineet.

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Modeling airline passenger choice : passenger preference for schedule in the passenger origin-destination simulator (PODS) by Carrier, Emmanuel, 1973-

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Information technology and business transformation : work location and the allocation of decision rights by Fitoussi, David, 1974-

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Measuring and modeling activity and travel well-being by Abou Zeid, Maya, 1979-

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Competition and congestion in the National Aviation System : multi-agent, multi-stakeholder approaches for evaluation and mitigation by Vaze, Vikrant (Vikrant Suhas)

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