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Table 2 Person trade-off (PTO) results in stages of elicitation process in panel sessions (n = 229).

From: Cross-national agreement on disability weights: the European Disability Weights Project

 

Change in PTO numbers (in thousand) in panel sessions

Distribution of final PTO numbers (%)

Difference in

distribution of final PTO numbers across countries (Chi-squared test)

Difference in

distribution of final PTO numbers across health care professional status (Chi-squared test)

Disease stages

Difference between initial PTO and PTO after panel discussion

Difference between

PTO after panel discussion and final PTO (consistency checks)

<100

= 100

>100

  

Quadriplegia (anchoring state)†

44

44

25

17

58

<0.0001

ns

Severe depression

307**

-2

14

9

77

<0.0001

ns

Severe asthma

529***

-4

0

0.5

99.5

ns

ns

Stroke (moderate permanent impairments)

198

0.9

2

3

95

<0.05

ns

Vision disorder (mild/moderate)

-44

44

1

0.5

98.5

ns

ns

Chronic low back pain

436***

65

0.5

1

98.5

ns

ns

Severe stable angina (NYHA3)

224*

44

0

1

99

ns

ns

Breast cancer (disease-free stage without sequelae)

76

126

0

1

99

ns

ns

Uncomplicated diabetes

144*

39

0

0.5

99.5

ns

ns

  1. † PTO reference programme was the prevention of 100 rapidly fatal disease cases in quadriplegia, and 100 cases of quadriplegia in other disease stages * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 in paired t-test.