ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2025
Patient preferences and willingness to pay for transitional care in breast cancer: a discrete choice experiment.
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Abstract
purposeMost chemotherapy reactions occur outside of the hospital; therefore, providing transitional care (TC) to patients is essential. However, patients' preferences for TC remain poorly understood. This study aims to investigate the preferences and willingness to pay for TC among breast cancer patients.
methodsData were collected using a discrete choice experiment from a large general hospital in North China. The study used six attributes to describe the preferences of patients for TC. Conditional logit and mixed logit models were applied to assess patient preferences, estimate willingness to pay, and simulate uptake probabilities across different scenarios.
resultsA total of 261 respondents completed the survey. The study showed that patients strongly preferred a TC to be provided by a specialist doctor and specialist nurse (β = 0.925; p < 0.001) and were willing to pay CNY¥105.381. The service content most preferred was symptom management, psychological care, and rehabilitation guidance (β = 0.286; p < 0.001), and patients were willing to pay CNY¥32.606. The forms of services most preferred were at outpatient clinics (β = 0.239; p < 0.001), and patients were willing to pay CNY¥27.285. Low out-of-pocket expense was preferred by patients (β = - 0.009; p < 0.001). When TC was provided by a specialist doctor and specialist nurse in an outpatient clinic in conjunction with multidimensional care services and out-of-pocket payment of CNY¥20 per visit, the probability of breast cancer patients' participation increased to 91.39%.
conclusionThe results of this study suggest that breast cancer patients have strong preferences for the provider, content, and form of transitional care (TC), as well as for minimizing out-of-pocket costs.
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