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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Manag Care. 2015 Apr;24(4):42–48.

TABLE 3.

Marginal means

Attributes and levels Marginal means (utilities) of levels*
Sleep onset latency (10, 20, 30 minutes) −0.1 0.3 −0.2
Awakenings (1, 2, 3) −0.2 0.3 0.0
Wake time after sleep onset (15, 45, 60 minutes) 0.3 0.2 −0.3
Total sleep time (6, 7, 8 hours) 0.0 0.1 0.1
Hangover (none, mild, moderate) 1.6 −1.4 1.6
FDA-approved duration of use (short term, not restricted to short term, no restrictions) −0.2 0.0 0.2
Costs, out-of-pocket per month ($20, $35, $50) 0.2 0.3 1.0
*

Marginal means represent the utilities attached to the different levels of the attributes.