Annual Conference Supplement 2009: Patient priorities in coordinated care: a literature review to identify patients preferences

摘要

BackgroundDelivering efficient healthcare within limited budgets requires an understanding of patient priorities. Designing services that are sensitive to patients' preferences in the context of limited resources may require policy and decision-makers to choose between attributes. Aligning clinical practice and health policy with patient preferences will improve the effectiveness of health interventions. Coordinated care aims to achieve higher-quality care, lower costs and greater patient satisfaction. Heterogeneity within preferences due to racial and ethnic disparities, age or illness has to be documented and considered in the design of healthcare services. Conjoint analysis or discrete choice studies can be used to elicit preferences for interventions or technologies.