The effect of out-of-pocket costs and financial rewards in a discrete choice experiment: an application to lifestyle programs

Table 3 Attribute estimates (standard errors) of the Panel-MIXL including the spline

Attribute		Estimates	SE	P-value
Constant		-0.291	0.185	0.115
Constant	SD constant	0.939	0.563	0.095
Menu schedule	Flexible (ref)	-0.027
	General	-0.034	0.060	0.570
	Elaborate	0.061	0.063	0.331
Physical activity schedule	Flexible (ref)	-0.111
	General	0.034	0.057	0.546
	Elaborate	0.077	0.052	0.142
Consult structure	Individual (ref)	0.087
	In groups with 5 other patients	0.158	0.059	0.008
	In groups with 10 other patients	-0.245	0.074	0.001
Expected outcome		0.059	0.013	0.000
Expected outcome	SD expected outcome	0.091	0.047	0.051
Money^a		0.615	0.122	0.000
Receiving dummy		-0.169	0.244	0.490
Interaction^b		-1.081	0.147	0.000
Money *Receiving dummy

^a)The estimate “money” represents the attribute level estimate of the effect of out-of-pocket costs on the willingness to participate. The less people have to pay for lifestyle intervention program participation, the more willing they are to participate in such a program (Figure 2).
^b)For the effect of receiving a financial reward on the willingness to participate the estimate of the interaction variable “money*receiving dummy” is added to the main effect “money” (estimate receiving a financial reward=0.615 + (-1.081) = -0.466) (Figure 2).

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