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Table 1 Decision situations, possible principles, and frequencies (N = 162)a

From: Allocating health care resources: a questionnaire experiment on the predictive success of rules

Situations

Allocation of time

Possible principle

Frequencies [%]

No.

S1

S2

e1:e2

q

Patient 1

Patient 2

1

40

10

2:1

30

30

0

U

5.6

25

5

-

1.2

20

10

PR

11.1

15

15

ER, PG

20.4

10

20

EG

44.4

5

25

-

16.0

0

30

EH

1.2

2

40

10

2:1

60

30

30

U, ER, PG, PR

10.5

25

35

-

8.6

20

40

EG

39.5

15

45

-

23.5

10

50

EH

16.7

5

55

-

1.2

0

60

-

0.0

3

10

40

2:1

30

30

0

U

2.5

25

5

-

7.4

20

10

EH, PR

42.0

15

15

ER, PG

22.2

10

20

EG

24.7

5

25

-

0.6

0

30

-

0.6

4

10

40

2:1

60

45

15

U

3.1

40

20

PR

12.3

30

30

ER, PG, EH

58.0

20

40

EG

24.7

10

50

-

0.6

0

60

-

0.0

Individual proposal

(35,25)

1.2

5

25

10

2:1

30

30

0

U

3.1

25

5

-

5.0

20

10

PR

9.9

15

15

ER, PG

21.1

10

20

EG

52.2

5

25

EH

8.7

0

30

-

0.0

6

40

25

2:1

30

30

0

U

1.2

25

5

-

1.9

20

10

PR

6.8

15

15

ER, PG

35.8

10

20

EG

41.4

5

25

EH

13.0

0

30

-

0.0

7

70

10

2:1

30

15

15

U, PR, ER, PG

8.0

10

20

EG

27.2

5

25

-

43.2

0

30

EH

21.6

8

30

15

2:1

30

30

0

U

1.2

25

5

-

2.5

20

10

PR

8.0

15

15

ER, PG

37.7

10

20

EG

39.5

5

25

EH

11.1

0

30

-

0.0

9

30

15

2:1

60

35

25

U, PR

6.2

30

30

ER, PG

11.2

25

35

-

24.2

20

40

EG

38.5

15

45

EH

18.6

10

50

-

1.2

0

60

-

0.0

10

40

20

3:1

20

20

0

U

4.9

15

5

PR

13.0

10

10

ER, PG

35.8

5

15

EG

43.2

0

20

EH

1.9

Individual proposals

(7,13), (12,8)

1.2

11

40

20

3:1

40

20

20

U, PR, ER, PG

15.5

15

25

-

23.6

10

30

EG

46.6

5

35

EH

13.7

0

40

-

0.0

Individual proposal

(24,16)

0.6

12

20

40

3:1

20

20

0

U

4.9

15

5

PR

20.4

10

10

ER, PG, EH

54.9

5

15

EG

19.1

0

20

-

0.6

13

25

5

3:1

20

20

0

U

13.0

15

5

PR

14.9

10

10

ER, PG

20.5

5

15

EG

48.4

0

20

EH

3.1

14

25

5

3:1

40

25

15

U, PR

10.5

20

20

ER, PG

21.6

15

25

-

14.8

10

30

EG

40.1

5

35

EH

13.0

0

40

-

0.0

15

55

15

3:1

20

15

5

U, PR

5.6

10

10

ER, PG

23.5

5

15

EG

62.3

0

20

EH

8.6

16

55

15

3:1

40

15

25

U, PR, ER, PG

19.1

10

30

EG

35.2

5

35

-

42.6

0

40

EH

2.5

Individual proposal

(20,20)

0.6

  1. aS1, S2, status quo health levels of patients 1 and 2; e1:e2, ratio of effectiveness factors of patients 1 and 2; q, available units of treatment time; EG, equality of gains; EH, equality of health levels; ER, equality of resources; PG, proportionality of gains; PR, proportionality of resources; U, utilitarianism. In situations 5, 9, 11, and 13 one answer is missing. In situation 14, the questionnaires differed between both samples, viz. health economics and law lecture: The former did not contain the proposal (15, 25). In the health economics lecture four respondents stated this allocation as a personal proposal