Conjoint Analysis Applications in Health—a Checklist- A Report of the ISPOR Good Research Practices for Conjoint Analysis Task Force

Jun 1, 2011, 00:00
10.1016/j.jval.2010.11.013
https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(10)00083-5/fulltext
Title : Conjoint Analysis Applications in Health—a Checklist- A Report of the ISPOR Good Research Practices for Conjoint Analysis Task Force
Citation : https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/action/showCitFormats?pii=S1098-3015(10)00083-5&doi=10.1016/j.jval.2010.11.013
First page : 403
Section Title : Scientific Report
Open access? : No
Section Order : 1

Background

The application of conjoint analysis (including discrete-choice experiments and other multiattribute stated-preference methods) in health has increased rapidly over the past decade. A wider acceptance of these methods is limited by an absence of consensus-based methodological standards.

Objective

The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Good Research Practices for Conjoint Analysis Task Force was established to identify good research practices for conjoint-analysis applications in health.

Methods

The task force met regularly to identify the important steps in a conjoint analysis, to discuss good research practices for conjoint analysis, and to develop and refine the key criteria for identifying good research practices. ISPOR members contributed to this process through an extensive consultation process. A final consensus meeting was held to revise the article using these comments, and those of a number of international reviewers.

Results

Task force findings are presented as a 10-item checklist covering: 1) research question; 2) attributes and levels; 3) construction of tasks; 4) experimental design; 5) preference elicitation; 6) instrument design; 7) data-collection plan; 8) statistical analyses; 9) results and conclusions; and 10) study presentation. A primary question relating to each of the 10 items is posed, and three sub-questions examine finer issues within items.

Conclusions

Although the checklist should not be interpreted as endorsing any specific methodological approach to conjoint analysis, it can facilitate future training activities and discussions of good research practices for the application of conjoint-analysis methods in health care studies.

Categories :
  • Best Research Practices
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Multiple/other types of economic evaluation
  • Organizational Practices
  • Patient-Centered Research
  • Stated Preference & Patient Satisfaction
Tags :
  • conjoint analysis
  • discrete-choice experimental
  • economic evaluation
  • good research practice
Regions :
  • Global
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