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Table 2 Summary of the main elements of each inductive approach

From: How do we incorporate patient views into the design of healthcare services for older people: a discussion paper

Approach

Design

Outcome

Priority Setting Partnership

An inductive and partnership approach using focus groups to build consensus

Identify key issues and priorities for end-users and where the research evidence requires strengthening

Discrete Choice Experiment

Presents choice sets to end-users to force decisions about the most preferred combination of attributes and values

Hierarchy of preferred options for the design of healthcare services

Core Outcome Set

Iterative and inductive approach using a broad range of stakeholders to determine the most important outcomes for a patient group

Consensus on the key primary outcome measures to be collected for experimental research designs

Experience-based Co-Design

Collates audio and visual evidence and uses an iterative design process to incorporate the ‘felt’ views of the end-user

Uses the emotional experience of the end-user to better design care-pathways and provision of healthcare