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Making Use of Technology to Improve Stated Preference Studies.
Caroline Vass1, Marco Boeri2,3, Gemma Shields4
1RTI Health Solutions, Manchester, UK. cvass@rti.org.
The Patient
|April 17, 2024
Summary
New technologies enhance health preference studies. This review explores tools like virtual reality and serious games, discussing their benefits and limitations for researchers.
Area of Science:
- Health Economics
- Decision Science
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Growing interest in quantifying patient preferences for healthcare interventions and services.
- Technological advancements offer new opportunities for designing and conducting health preference studies.
Approach:
- Review of selected technologies impacting health preference research.
- Discussion of empirical evaluations and examples from health research.
- Focus on serious games, virtual reality, eye tracking, innovative formats, and decision aids.
Key Points:
- Technology can improve the administration and analysis of stated preference surveys.
- Tools like virtual reality and serious games offer immersive ways to elicit preferences.
- Decision aids with values clarification components can enhance patient engagement.
Conclusions:
- Implementing advanced technologies presents both opportunities and challenges in health preference research.
- Cost-effectiveness and practical limitations require careful consideration.
- Future research should focus on rigorous evaluation of these technologies.
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