Table 5.

Physicians’ and patients’ preferences for the convenience attributes

Patients’ preferred treatment	Mode of administration	Blood glucose monitoring	Additional payment/month (€)	Physicians’ preferred treatment
1	Injection 1/day irrespective of meals	Three times per week	0	1
2	OAD up to 3/day with meals	No need for testing	20	2
3	Injection 1/day in relation to meal	No need for testing	0	3
4	OAD up to 3/day with meals	Three times a day	0	9
5	Injection 1/day irrespective of meals	Once a day	20	5
6	OAD up to 3/day with meals	Once a day	50	6
7	Injection 1/day irrespective of meals	No need for testing	50	4
8	Injection 2/day in relation to meals	Once a day	0	11
9	Injection 2/day in relation to meals	Three times per week	20	10
10	Injection 1/day in relation to meals	Three times a day	20	12
11	Injection 1/day in relation to meals	Three times per week	50	7
12	OAD up to 3/day with meals	Three times per week	100	8
13	Injection 2/day in relation to meals	Three times a day	50	16
14	Injection 1/day in relation to meals	Once a day	100	13
15	Injection 1/day irrespective of meals	Three times a day	100	15
16	Injection 2/day in relation to meals	No need for testing	100	14

Abbreviation: OAD, oral antidiabetics.