Townsville Cancer Centre, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Radiation Oncology Princess Alexandra Hospital Raymond Terrace, Metro South Health Service, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
J Med Radiat Sci. 2022 Sep;69(3):394-402. doi: 10.1002/jmrs.580. Epub 2022 Apr 6.
Understanding preferences of key stakeholders including patients, clinicians and policymakers can inform clinical practice, workforce and policy. It also allows health services to evaluate existing clinical practices, policies and procedures. This commentary aims to introduce medical radiation professionals to health preference research by describing commonly used preference methodologies, with a particular focus on discrete choice experiments. Relevant examples of health preference research will be highlighted to demonstrate the application of health preference research in medical radiation sciences.
了解包括患者、临床医生和政策制定者在内的主要利益相关者的偏好,可以为临床实践、劳动力和政策提供信息。它还使卫生服务部门能够评估现有的临床实践、政策和程序。本评论旨在通过描述常用的偏好方法,特别是离散选择实验,向医学放射专业人员介绍健康偏好研究。将重点介绍健康偏好研究的相关示例,以展示健康偏好研究在医学放射科学中的应用。