Estimating a Dutch Value Set for the Paediatric Preference-Based CHU9D Using a Discrete Choice Experiment with Duration

Objective This article presents the development of the Dutch value set for the Child Health Utility 9D, a pediatric preference-based measure of quality of life that can be used to generate quality-adjusted life-years. Methods A large online survey was conducted using a discrete choice experiment including a duration attribute with adult members...

Redenen om zich te laten vaccineren tegen HPV implicaties voor toekomstige informatievoorziening

Onderzoeken welke factoren deelname aan de HPV-vaccinatie bepaalden in 2009 en 2010. Opzet Retrospectief dwarsdoorsnede-onderzoek. Methode Uit een telepanel werden aselecte steekproeven getrokken van Nederlandse meisjes die in 2009 en 2010 werden opgeroepen voor de HPV-vaccinatie, evenals hun moeders. Gegevens werden verzameld via een online...

Modeling individual and collective opinion in online social networks: drivers of choice behavior and effects of marketing interventions

We investigate factors influencing choice behavior in online social networks. We use twitter data from a Dutch television talent show. In study one, we implement a nested conditional logit model with latent classes. We find heterogeneous effects. For two latent classes, cognitive factors most strongly influence choice behavior. For two other...

Preferences and choices for care and health insurance

Legislation that came into effect in 2006 has dramatically altered the health insurance system in the Netherlands, placing greater emphasis on consumer choice and competition among insurers. The potential for such competition depends largely on consumer preferences for price and quality of service by insurers and quality of affiliated providers....

The power of communication. Modifying behaviour: Effectively influencing nutrition patterns of patients

Every year 7000 people die from obesity and another 13 000 people die by wrong diets in The Netherlands. Part of this problem can be solved when the communication between general practitioners (GPs) and patients about nutrition and diets improves. There are four activities that can contribute greatly to the communication between GPs and their...

Moderate whisky consumption in combination with an evening meal reduces tryptophan availability to the brain but does not influence performance in healthy volunteers

Brain serotonin (5-HT) synthesis is controlled by nutrients that influence the availability of plasma tryptophan (Trp) as compared with the sum of the other large neutral amino acids (LNAA; Trp:LNAA). Alcohol consumption is found to change mood and performance and this might well be due to alterations in the plasma Trp:LNAA ratio and brain 5-HT....

Driving simulator validity: Some considerations

The validity of driving simulators for behavioral research is discussed. The concept of validity is introduced and explained, and a survey of validation studies follows, in the TNO driving simulator and others, comparing field and simulator study results. Results for mid-level driving simulators show that generally absolute validity of route...