title: An inquiry into the different perspectives that can be used when eliciting preferences in health.
abstract: There are a number of perspectives that an individual could be asked to adopt in studies designed to elicit preferences for use in informing resource allocation decisions in health care. This paper develops a conceptual framework that clearly distinguishes between six different perspectives. It is argued that the appropriate perspective to use depends on normative considerations and the particular policy context to which it will be applied. We suggest a future research agenda that explicitly addresses these considerations and which involves direct empirical investigation into the effect of perspective on preferences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, UK. p.dolan@sheffield.ac.uk
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.forename: Jan Abel
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menzel
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D036262:Empirical Research; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012938:Social Perception; D012946:Social Welfare