Table 1 Interview Structure for the Three Experimental Groups
From: Trading people versus trading time: What is the difference?
Elicitation | Save-Save Group | Cure-Save Life Group | Cure-Cure Group |
|---|---|---|---|
TTO | Paraplegia v. Perfect Health | Paraplegia v. Perfect Health | Leg Pain v. Severe Shortness of Breath |
PTO | 2 Distractor PTOs | 1 Distractor PTO | 1 Distractor PTO |
| Â | Cure life-threatening infection in previously healthy patients v. patients with paraplegia | Cure life-threatening infection v. Cure SCI1 | Leg Pain v. Severe Shortness of Breath |
Comparison & Reflection Questions | You have answered two different types of questions in this interview. Health policy experts use both types of questions to research people's opinions about treating illness and disability. Now I want to show you how your answers might be interpreted. I especially want to know what you think about these interpretations | ||
| Â | In the first part of our interview, we compared Mr./Mrs. Adams and Mr./Mrs. Brown in a type of question called the Time Trade-Off. You said that if Mr./Mrs. Brown lived <indifference point> years in perfect health, that he/she would be no better or worse off than Mr./Mrs. Adams, who lived 50 years with <condition> A policy expert would interpret that you think one year of perfect health is about the same as <computed ratio> years with paraplegia. In other words, you think paraplegia is <computed ratio> times worse than perfect health. What do you think about this interpretation? | ||
| Â | Later in the interview, you made a choice between curing some people of <condition1> or curing other people of <condition2> in a type of question called the Person Trade-Off. Based on your answer to the Time Trade-Off question, a policy expert might assume you would say that <predicted PTO> people would have to be cured of <condition2> to make that choice as good as curing 100 people of <condition1>. Your actual answer was <PTO indifference point>. | ||
| Â | Which number do you think is a better reflection of your thoughts: the number you actually gave for the person tradeoff or the one that was predicted based on your time tradeoff answer? | ||
| Â | Do the time tradeoff and person tradeoff questions make you think about different issues? | ||