Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
J. G. Burns, K. Glenk, V Eory, G. Simm, E. Wall
Summary: As resilience becomes more crucial, solely relying on short-term economic value of traits may lead decision makers to misrepresent the importance of certain traits, including those with significant contextual values in terms of resilience.
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Wookhyun An, Silverio Alarcon
Summary: In rural tourism, important attributes for tourist preferences include staff hospitality, outdoor activities, additional facilities, and location. Tourists choose rural tourism based on the expected highest utility after comprehensive consideration of these attributes.
ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Edward J. D. Webb, David Meads, Yvonne Lynch, Simon Judge, Nicola Randall, Juliet Goldbart, Stuart Meredith, Liz Moulam, Stephane Hess, Janice Murray
Summary: Using best-worst scaling survey results to guide attribute selection in a discrete choice experiment, this study identified four recommendations for future research: define selection criteria for DCE attributes beforehand, consider participants' perspectives, clearly define key terminology, and utilize BWS when little existing stated preference work exists.
Article
Economics
Anant Atul Visaria, Anders Fjendbo Jensen, Mikkel Thorhauge, Stefan Eriksen Mabit
Summary: This paper analyzes user preferences related to electric vehicle charging decisions through qualitative and quantitative assessments. The findings identify the factors influencing charging decisions and highlight the preference for all-inclusive/flat fee pricing structures and interoperability between charging networks. The study also reveals barriers in the charging context.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christi J. Guerrini, Norah L. Crossnohere, Lisa Rasmussen, John F. P. Bridges
Summary: Citizen science involves lay individuals participating in scientific research and activities with scientific objectives, leading to unique ethical issues. The study found that citizen science practitioners and scholars are most concerned about power imbalances in projects, data quality, and the sharing of data and research outputs.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Astrid Kemperman
Summary: This article systematically reviews papers on discrete choice experiments in tourism research published in the top five tourism journals between 2010 and 2020. It presents results, identifies research gaps and challenges, proposes future research and methodological approaches, and launches a curated collection on this topic in the Annals of Tourism Research.
ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Linda P. M. Pluymen, Henock G. Yebyo, Inge Stegeman, Mirjam P. Fransen, Evelien Dekker, Anne E. M. Brabers, Mariska M. G. Leeflang
Summary: An online survey and consensus meeting revealed that the Dutch population prioritizes the benefits over the harms of colorectal cancer screening, with a particular focus on the risk of death, followed by the risk of cancer and the accuracy of the test results.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Samuel W. Terman, Helene E. Aschmann, David W. Hutton, James F. Burke
Summary: Epilepsy is a common and serious condition. Patients need to evaluate the benefits and burdens of antiseizure medications (ASMs) when considering whether to stop taking them.
Article
Plant Sciences
Meredith F. Dobbie, Megan A. Farrelly
Summary: Raingardens play an increasingly important role in cities around the world. Understanding residents' attitudes and preferences towards raingardens and streetscapes can provide guidance for their design and management. The study found that stormwater harvesting and reuse is widely supported, but there are differences in attitudes towards raingardens and preferences for raingardens in one's own street. When designing and managing raingardens, it is important to consider the context and how the street is used, and ensure proper maintenance.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2022)
Article
Transportation
Fangqing Song, Stephane Hess, Thijs Dekker
Summary: This paper investigates modelling choices in the presence of a new mode of transport, utilizing a joint model estimated on BWS1 and BWS2 data alongside more traditional SC data to gain additional behavioural information and improve the explanation of choices and the role of attributes. The results show a relatively consistent perception of attribute importance across different survey methods, but also highlight the need for analysts to be mindful of differences in attribute evaluation between SC, BWS1, and BWS2 surveys.
TRANSPORTMETRICA A-TRANSPORT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Richard Huan Xu, Ling-ming Zhou, Eliza Lai-yi Wong, Dong Wang
Summary: Based on the preferences of medical students in China, providing Clinical Service, Decision Aids, and Public Health are identified as the top three most important services through an Internet-based healthcare system. Subgroup analysis showed differences in the importance of Medical Education and Public Health among students studying clinical and non-clinical medicine.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Kentaka Aruga, Timothy Bolt, Przemyslaw Pest
Summary: The study used a discrete choice experiment to estimate the trade-offs the Polish population is willing to make for energy reform regarding carbon reduction. Respondents prioritized energy prices and employment in their choice of preferred energy policy, showing a concern about climate change but with significant variation across groups. Younger respondents had the strongest willingness-to-pay coefficients for CO2 reduction policies, while female respondents, those with more education, those without children, and middle and upper income groups showed stronger desires for CO2 reduction policies.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Luis Perez y Perez, Azucena Gracia
Summary: This paper examines consumer preferences for olive oil in Spain, the largest producer and consumer of olive oil globally. Using a survey of 402 consumers, the study applies the Best Worst Scaling method to measure the importance of various attributes influencing consumer preferences. The results indicate that price, geographical origin, protected designation of origin label, and olive variety are important factors for consumers, while attributes such as organic label certification, size, and packaging material are considered less important. Additionally, the study analyzes the differences in preferences based on knowledge, consumption, and socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nikita Arora, Romain Crastes dit Sourd, Kara Hanson, Dorka Woldesenbet, Abiy Seifu, Matthew Quaife
Summary: Understanding the correlation between job preferences and motivation of health workers is important for policymakers to retain motivated workforce. This study applied a hybrid choice model to examine the job preferences and motivations of community health workers in Ethiopia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Scott A. Davis, Kirsten Howard, Alan R. Ellis, Daniel E. Jonas, Timothy S. Carey, Joseph P. Morrissey, Kathleen C. Thomas
Summary: This study aimed to explore the preferences of autism stakeholders regarding the top priorities and important attributes for future autism research, and to evaluate the feasibility and outcomes of two prioritization exercises. The results showed that the proportion of children with autism affected by the research was the most important attribute, and the top three priorities for future research included evidence on the impact of intervention and family characteristics on child outcomes, the relationship between changes in different areas of a child's life, and evidence on dietary interventions.
HEALTH EXPECTATIONS
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Leo Donzel Godinot, Jonathan Sicsic, Marie Lachatre, Elisabeth Bouvet, Dominique Abiteboul, Elisabeth Rouveix, Gerard Pellissier, Jocelyn Raude, Judith E. Mueller
Summary: The study found that vaccine safety considerations dominate vaccine decision-making among French healthcare workers, while adapted communication on indirect protection and social conformism can contribute to increase vaccination acceptance.
Article
Immunology
Sandra Chyderiotis, Jonathan Sicsic, Jocelyn Raude, Isabelle Bonmarin, Florian Jeanleboeuf, Anne-Sophie Le Duc Banaszuk, Aurelie Gauchet, Sebastien Bruel, Morgane Michel, Bruno Giraudeau, Nathalie Thilly, Judith E. Mueller
Summary: The study found that protection against cancer motivates adolescents to accept vaccination more than protection against genital warts. Mentioning a positive benefit-risk balance of the vaccine strongly reduces acceptance, while ongoing international pharmacovigilance does not significantly affect acceptance. Awareness of peers' vaccination status and the concept of indirect protection positively influenced vaccine acceptance rates.
Article
Oncology
Alexandra Roux, Rachel Cholerton, Jonathan Sicsic, Nora Moumjid, David P. French, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Corinne Balleyguier, Michal Guindy, Fiona J. Gilbert, Jean-Benoit Burrion, Xavier Castells, David Ritchie, Debbie Keatley, Camille Baron, Suzette Delaloge, Sandrine de Montgolfier
Summary: The MyPeBS study is a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a risk-stratified breast cancer screening strategy compared to age-based screening. It aims to explore the psychological, socio-economic, and ethical aspects of this new strategy. Data is collected through online questionnaires and qualitative interviews, and will be analyzed to assess differences and outcomes between the two screening arms.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Thomas Rapp, Jerome Ronchetti, Jonathan Sicsic
Summary: This article investigates the impact of formal care consumption on informal care utilization in a population of frail older people in Europe. The study finds that receiving formal care positively affects the probability of using informal care, suggesting their complementarity at the beginning of the dependency process.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kimberly E. Bonner, Henry Ssekyanzi, Jonathan Sicsic, Judith E. Mueller, Traci Toomey, Angela K. Ulrich, Keith J. Horvath, James D. Neaton, Cecily Banura, Nicole E. Basta
Summary: This study assessed the impact of six attributes on willingness to be vaccinated among university students in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment. Results showed that severe disease outcomes and high exposure risks increased vaccination willingness, while mild side effects and recommendations against vaccination decreased willingness.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Aurelie Bocquier, Morgane Michel, Bruno Giraudeau, Stephanie Bonnay, Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, Aurelie Gauchet, Serge Gilberg, Anne-Sophie Le Duc-Banaszuk, Judith E. Mueller, Karine Chevreul, Nathalie Thilly
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and implementation of a multi-component intervention to improve HPV vaccine coverage through a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Article
Economics
Jonathan Sicsic, Serge Blondel, Sandra Chyderiotis, Francois Langot, Judith E. Mueller
Summary: This study examines French citizens' preferences for epidemic control measures and finds that trade-offs exist between avoiding hospital overload and implementing stricter control measures. The willingness to accept restrictions is shared across different subgroups, but individuals who perceive higher risk from COVID-19 and have confidence in the government's management are more accepting of these restrictions. Furthermore, the study compares the welfare impact of different control measures and finds that policies closely resembling targeted lockdown or medically prescribed self-isolation are more satisfying to the population and result in higher average welfare, while a combination of highly restrictive measures maximizes average welfare. The study highlights the challenges of making preference-based decisions on restrictions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sandra Chyderiotis, Jonathan Sicsic, Nathalie Thilly, PrevHPV Consortium, Judith E. Mueller
Summary: This study examines the preferences of adolescents regarding HPV vaccine communication. It provides a framework for evaluating post-choice certainty information to elicit preferences even among respondents who uniformly accepted or refused the vaccine.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Economics
Thomas Rapp, Jerome Ronchetti, Jonathan Sicsic
Summary: This study introduces a new framework to measure healthy aging across 13 OECD countries using harmonized data from the Gateway to Global Aging. The results suggest that Italy, Israel, and the United States have poorer health aging conditions, while Switzerland, The Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, and Denmark have better health aging conditions. Moreover, the discrepancy between physiological age (PA) and chronological age (CA) is larger among poorer, less educated, and single older individuals.
Article
Economics
Thomas Rapp, Jonathan Sicsic, Neda Tavassoli, Yves Rolland
Summary: This study investigates the causal relationship between potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions and emergency room (ER) visit risks among nursing home residents. Using data from the IDEM Randomized Clinical Trial, the study finds that a 1% increase in the share of potentially inappropriate medication spending in total medication spending leads to a 5.7 percentage point increase in residents' ER visit risks.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Mesfin G. Genie, Mandy Ryan, Nicolas Krucien
Summary: Concerns have been raised about the inclusion of cost attribute in healthcare choice experiments when individuals do not have to pay. This study used eye-tracking technology to examine attention to cost in valuing publicly financed health care. The findings suggest that most individuals pay attention to cost and its inclusion does not increase mental effort but facilitates more structured decision-making.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kimberly E. Bonner, Sandra Chyderiotis, Jonathan Sicsic, Judith E. Mueller, Angela K. Ulrich, Traci Toomey, Keith J. Horvath, James D. Neaton, Nicole E. Basta
Summary: Seasonal influenza vaccination rates remain low in the US, leading to preventable cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. This study aimed to determine which interventions contribute most to vaccine willingness among age groups with suboptimal vaccination rates. Various interventions were tested using hypothetical scenarios, and the results showed that easy access to vaccination sites and small financial incentives were most effective in increasing vaccine willingness, particularly among young adults.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yasir Shitu Isa, Jonathan Sicsic, Henry Njuguna, John Ward, Mohamed Chakroun, Mohamed El-Kassas, Rado Ramanampamonjy, Salim Chalal, Jeanne Perpetue Vincent, Monique Andersson, Hailemichael Desalegn, Fatou Fall, Asgeir Johannessen, Philippa C. Matthews, Gibril Ndow, Edith Okeke, Nicholas Riches, Moussa Seydi, Edford Sinkala, C. Wendy Spearman, Alexander Stockdale, Michael J. Vinikoor, Gilles Wandeler, Roger Sombie, Maud Lemoine, Judith E. Mueller, Yusuke Shimakawa
Summary: To eliminate the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from mother to child, immunoprophylaxis for infants and antiviral prophylaxis for pregnant women with high viral loads are needed. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) detecting alternative HBV markers may be necessary in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) where real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is not accessible or affordable. Through a discrete choice experiment (DCE), healthcare workers (HCWs) in Africa expressed their preferences and trade-offs for different attributes of fictional RDTs.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Damien Oudin Doglioni, Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, Aurelie Gauchet, Sebastien Bruel, Cyril Olivier, Gerard Pellissier, Nathalie Thilly, Jonathan Sicsic, Jocelyn Raude, Judith E. Mueller
Summary: This study validated an extended 7C model of antecedents in different population groups in France, examining vaccine acceptance factors for COVID-19 and HPV vaccines. The study found that confidence in the system and social conformism were strongly associated with vaccine acceptance intentionality, providing insights into the continuum from refusal to indecision and acceptance.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Thomas Rapp, Jerome Ronchetti, Jonathan Sicsic
Summary: The study found that long-term care jobs in Germany have a negative impact on workers' health, and a lack of support may lead to more health issues, highlighting the need to provide adequate assistance to increase the attractiveness of these jobs.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2021)