Emily Holmes, Pete Dixon, Amy Mathieson, Leone Ridsdale, Myfanwy Morgan, Alison McKinlay, Jon Dickson, Steve Goodacre, Mike Jackson, Deborah Foster, Kristy Hardman, Steve Bell, Anthony Marson, Dyfrig Hughes, Adam J Noble
INTRODUCTION: To identify service users' preferences for an alternative care pathway for adults with epilepsy presenting to the ambulance service. METHODS: Extensive formative work (qualitative, survey and knowledge exchange) informed the design of a stated preference discrete choice experiment (DCE). This hypothetical survey was hosted online and consisted of 12 binary choices of alternative care pathways described in terms of: the paramedic's access to medical records/ 'care plan', what happens next (described in terms of conveyance), time, availability of epilepsy specialists today, general practitioner (GP) notification and future contact with epilepsy specialists...
April 10, 2024: Seizure: the Journal of the British Epilepsy Association