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. 2015 Apr 3;5(4):e006820. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006820

Table 6.

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.