Do patients and other stakeholders value health service quality equally? A prospect theory based choice experiment in cataract care

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 294; p. 114730
• Main Authors: Stolk-Vos, Aline C., Attema, Arthur E., Manzulli, Michele, van de Klundert, Joris J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2022; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Case studies; Cataract - therapy; Clinical indicators; Communication; Delivery of Health Care; Group decision making; Health behavior; Health insurance; Health Services; Healthcare quality indicators; Humans; Insurance companies; Interest groups; Measurement; Medical decision making; Medical personnel; Patient-centered care; Patients; Pessimism; Probability; Prospect theory; Quality assessment; Quality management; Quality of care; Quality of health care; Quality of service; Respondents; Risk; Shared decision making; Stakeholders; Surgery; Theory; Valuation; Healthcare quality indicators; Shared decision making; Prospect theory; Quality of health care

This study aims to compare the valuation of health service quality by patients and other stakeholders through a case study in cataract care. The valuation of health service quality by Dutch patients, ophthalmologists and healthcare purchasers involved in cataract care are elicited by a prospect theo...