Table 1. Attributes and their associated levels included in the final DCE questionnaire.

Attributes	Attribute levels	Variable in Equation (1)	Regression coding
Health care provider
	Consultant	Consult	β1
	Registrar/trainee doctor	Regtrainee	β2
	GP	GP	β3
	Specialist nurse	SPnurse	β4
Continuity of carea
	No	ContNo	β5
	Yes	ContYes	β6
Contact modeb and placec
	Face-to-face at hospital	FtfHosp	β7
	Face-to-face at general practice	FtfGp	β8
	Telephone;	Telephone	β9
	Videoconferencing/ web cam/ Skype	Video	β10
Duration of appointmentsd
	5 min	DurApp	β11
	10 min
	20 min
	30 min
Frequency of appointmentse
	3 monthly	FreqApp	β12
	6 monthly
	9 monthly
	12 monthly
Length of follow-upf
	1 year	LengthFU	β13
	2 years
	5 years
	10 years
Counsellingg
	No counselling	NoCouns	β14
	Individual counselling	CounsIndiv	β15
	Group counselling	CounsGroup	β16
	Family counselling	CounsFamily	β17
Additional servicesh
	No additional services	NoAddservs	β18
	Personalised information pack about cancer, treatment and late effects	Info	β19
	Advice on complementary medicine	Cams	β20
	Dietary advice	Diet	β21

Abbreviations: GP=general practitioner.

^aContinuity of care – defined in the questionnaire as ‘seeing the same person every time you attend for your follow-up appointment.'

^bContact mode – how patients and healthcare professionals interact at follow-up appointments.

^cPlace – the venue of follow-up (hospital, GP surgery, patients' own home).

^dDuration of appointments – how long follow-up appointments last (in minutes).

^eFrequency of appointments – how often follow-up appointments happen (in months).

^fLength of follow-up – the number of years for which people are followed-up for.

^gCounselling – psychological support sessions with a trained counsellor in addition to routine follow-up appointments.

^hAdditional services – a written personalised information pack about cancer and its treatment; advice for those wishing to combine traditional treatments with complementary medicine; information to improve diet and lifestyle.