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. 2010 Sep 22;341:c4715. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c4715

Table 4.

 Preferences of respondents for allocating resources when treatment costs are equal between rare and common disease, by survey scenario

Scenario No randomised to scenario % (95% CI)
Prioritise rare disease Prioritise common disease Indifferent
All extra funds scenarios 1289 10.2 (8.6 to 11.9) 19.9 (17.8 to 22.1) 69.8 (67.3 to 72.3)
Extra funds (no information) 258 15.9 (11.4 to 20.4) 25.2 (19.9 to 30.5) 58.9 (52.9 to 64.9)
Extra funds (disease severity and treatment benefit scenarios) 1031 8.8 (7.1 to 10.6) 18.6 (16.2 to 21.0) 72.5 (69.8 to 75.3)
 Severe disease, high benefit 256 7.8 (4.5 to 11.1) 15.2 (10.8 to 19.6) 77.0 (71.8 to 82.1)
 Severe disease, low benefit 257 9.7 (5.1 to 13.4) 21.0 (16.0 to 26.0) 69.3 (63.6 to 74.9)
 Moderate disease, high benefit 258 9.3 (5.7 to 12.9) 16.7 (12.1 to 21.2) 74.0 (68.7 to 79.4)
 Moderate disease, low benefit 260 8.5 (5.1 to 11.9) 21.5 (16.4 to 26.5) 70.0 (64.4 to 76.6)
Fixed funds (severe disease, high benefit) 258 15.9 (11.4 to 20.4) 43.4 (37.3 to 49.5) 40.7 (34.7 to 46.7)
All scenarios 1547 11.2 (9.6 to 12.8) 23.8 (21.7 to 26.0) 65.0 (62.6 to 67.3)