Participants will be presented with multiple choice sets of two hypothetical programmes, where the levels of each attribute vary systematically between alternatives and scenarios, and will choose the optimal alternative in each choice set.
A model evaluating a hypothetical intervention programme is used.
The hypothetical screening programme was carried out by a team of mobile ultrasound technicians in a community setting.
18 The model portrayed a cohort of men aged 65 who could receive an invitation or not to participate in a hypothetical screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm that is, incidental diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (fig 1).
Therefore, we estimated the following models for the DCE: Utility (U) represents the preference for a (hypothetical) CRC screening programme.
In the hypothetical situation that the programme would have sent to endoscopy only 'suspicious of cancer' subjects, sensitivity would have dropped to a dismaying 58%.
When designing the SD intervention programme, the hypothetical side-effect of a large number of peer reviewers being selected as opposed to a small one would be the possibility of bringing good ideas for patient safety issues back home.
Therefore, we also estimated the "real world" cost of the components of the programme for a hypothetical primary care trust with an average population of 329 550 patients.
The government, adopting a "neither confirm nor deny" approach, is responding to allegations about the programmes on a hypothetical premise.
Our applications of the framework demonstrate that a programme-view of hypothetical changes to the schedule is important.
