Willingness to wait trade-offs between service characteristics
| Marginal willingness to wait in minutes to gain improvement (with 95% CIs) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived improvement in service characteristics | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 |
| ED clinician instead of an emergency health professional | 37.0 (30.7 to 43.4) | 22.0 (9.6 to 34.4) | 60.2 (46.3 to 76.1) | 24.0 (15.0 to 33.1) |
| ED clinician instead of GP | 27.5 (23.3 to 32.7) | |||
| Treatment at hospital instead of home | 12.1 (7.0 to 17.2) | |||
| Treatment at home instead of hospital | 29.4 (16.3 to 42.5) | |||
| Treatment at home instead of a local clinic | 5.2 (0.3 to 10.2) | |||
| For every $A1 reduction in cost | 1.6 (1.4 to 1.7) | 2.9 (2.4 to 3.4) | 1.5 (1.3 to 1.8) | 1.7 (1.4 to 1.9) |
| Comprehensive care compared with basic treatment from a clinician you can understand with no interruptions | 104.9 (90.5 to 119.3) | 149.2 (110.4 to 188.1) | 171.8 (136.3 to 207.4) | 104.7 (82.5 to 128.0) |
| Basic treatment from a clinician you understand compared with basic treatment from a clinician you cannot understand and some interruptions | 33.1 (28.0 to 38.2) | 29.5 (17.1 to 41.8) | 57.5 (45.8 to 69.2) | 30.0 (21.6 to 38.4) |
ED, emergency department; GP, general practitioner.