PMID: 11903214Mar 21, 2002Paper

Assessing women's preferences for intrapartum care

Birth
V A HundleyW Graham

Abstract

Recent government reports have recommended involving consumers in the planning of health services. Although satisfaction surveys have traditionally been used, they have several limitations. This paper describes a relatively new method of eliciting consumer preferences that allows respondents (women) to indicate the importance that they attribute to specific aspects of a service. The aim was to explore the feasibility of using a discrete choice experiment to assess the importance to women of different aspects of intrapartum care. In this pilot study of 301 women at low obstetric risk, data were collected using an anonymous self-complete questionnaire given to each participant by the midwife at the booking visit. The results of the regression model suggest that respondents prefer maternity units that offer greater continuity of caregiver, more methods of pain relief, continuous fetal heart rate monitoring, a homely appearance, routine involvement of medical staff, and greater involvement for the woman in the decision-making process. Although all attributes were important to women, they were not all of equal importance. For example, if continuity of caregiver were achieved at the expense of decreasing the availability of pain reli...Continue Reading

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