Goal: To increase the appropriate application of contingent valuation, conjoint analysis, stated choice/preference, discrete-choice experiment and similar methods for assessing patient preferences and values in outcomes research and encourage the use of this information by decision-makers.

Activities and Accomplishments 2007

Current Project & Workshop Presentation at 13th Annual Intl Meeting

Good research practices for the application of conjoint analysis in health – a checklist for publishing in outcomes research

Target Audience: first through third-time research authors who have not written methodologically or those who want to measure health preferences using these methods, as well as users of conjoint analysis studies, such as decision-makers and HTA agencies.

GRP Paper Outline and Generally Recognized Steps in Conjoint Analysis

Leadership Group:
Brett Hauber PhD Senior Economist & Head, Health Preference Assessment
RTI Health Solutions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Joel Hay PhD Associate Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics And Policy
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA
F. Reed Johnson PhD Senior Fellow and Principal Economist, Health Preference Assessment Group
RTI Health Solutions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC USA
Emily Lancsar MEc, Lecturer in Economics, Newcastle University Business School and Institute of Health and Society
Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
Andrew Lloyd DPhil Director, Oxford Outcomes, Oxford, UK
Deborah Marshall PhD, Vice President, Global Health Economics and Outcomes, i3 Innovus, Burlington, ON, Canada
Ebere Akobundu Onukwugha PhD Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD USA
Lisa A. Prosser, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care & Prevention
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Dean Andrew Regier, PhD Economics graduate student, Institute of Applied Health Sciences
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK