Comparison of preferences for end-of-life care among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers: A discrete choice experiment

Chetna Malhotra, Muhammad Assad Farooqui, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Marcel Bilger, Eric Finkelstein

Publikation: Wissenschaftliche FachzeitschriftOriginalbeitrag in FachzeitschriftBegutachtung

Abstract

Background:

Patients with advanced cancer often have to make difficult decisions, such as how much to spend on moderately life-extending treatments. This and other end-of-life decisions are also influenced by their informal caregivers. Understanding the relative value that patients and their caregivers place on various aspects of end-of-life care can help clinicians tailor treatments to best meet the preferences of their patients.
Aim:

To quantify willingness to pay of patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers to extend the patients’ life by 1 year and to compare this result to their willingness to pay for other end-of-life improvements.
Design:

Cross-sectional survey using a discrete choice experiment.
Participants:

A total of 211 patients with stage IV cancer and their informal caregivers.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)842 - 850
FachzeitschriftPalliative Medicine
Jahrgang29
Ausgabenummer9
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2015

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