Table 1 Attributes and levels for health programs
Attributes | Levels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Meaning | Label | Code | Label |
1 | Does individual behaviour cause the problem requiring the intervention? | Fault | 0 | No |
| Â | Â | Â | 1 | Partly |
2 | What is the purpose of the intervention? | Cure | 0 | Prevention |
| Â | Â | Â | 1 | Treatment |
3 | What type of intervention is it? | Medical | 0 | Lifestyle |
| Â | Â | Â | 1 | Medical |
4 | According to the evidence: How many lives will it save per year? | Lives | 0 | 10 |
| Â | Â | Â | 1 | 20 |
| Â | Â | Â | 2 | 30 |
| Â | Â | Â | 3 | 40 |
5 | How good is this evidence? | Evidence | 0 | Limited |
| Â | Â | Â | 1 | Strong |
6 | How much will it cost? | Cost | 0 | $500,000 |
| Â | Â | Â | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| Â | Â | Â | 2 | $5,000,000 |
| Â | Â | Â | 3 | $10,000,000 |
7 | How much will patients have to contribute? | Private | 0 | Nothing |
| Â | Â | Â | 1 | Quarter of the cost |
| Â | Â | Â | 2 | Half the cost |
| Â | Â | Â | 3 | All of the cost |
8 | At what life-stage are those who stand to benefit from the program? | AgeGrp | 0 | Young children |
| Â | Â | Â | 1 | Young adult |
| Â | Â | Â | 2 | Working-age adult |
| Â | Â | Â | 3 | Older-age retiree |