Tutorials are not included in the meeting registration and require a separate registration fee

Invigorated by the FDA’s patient-focused drug development (PFDD) and patient preference initiative for medical devices, there has been growing interest in the study of the preferences and priorities of patients and other stakeholders throughout the product life cycle. While preferences can be identified both qualitatively and quantitatively, emphasis has been placed on using scientifically valid ways of measuring preferences. Grounded in theories of choice from the disciplines of economics and psychology, stated-preference methods are a class of methods that can be used to identify what patients and stakeholders value most and what tradeoffs they are willing to make. This tutorial will provide participants with a basic overview of the variety of stated-preferences methods that can be used to measure the preferences of patients and other stakeholders in medicine.  Utilizing lectures, case studies, and hands-on exercises to facilitate a practical understanding, stated-preference methods such as conjoint analysis, discrete-choice experiments, contingent valuation, and best-worst scaling will be explored as approaches to identify what patients and other stakeholders value.