A review of the application and contribution of discrete choice experiments to inform human resources policy interventions

Table 1 Examples of monetary value of job characteristics

Attribute	Gosden et al. 2000[61]	Scott, 2001[44]
Opportunity to develop interest	-GBP 2269 to develop interest	+GBP 35 to develop interest
Out-of-hours worked (night shifts)	-GBP 402.67 for some hours done	+GBP 13 533 for some
		+GBP 19 708 for more
List size	+GBP 9 per additional patient	+GBP 12 per additional patient
Extended Primary Care Team	-GBP 2 393.30 for an extended team
Administrative responsibilities	-GBP 1092 if no financial management responsibility	+GBP 1.10 per extra hour/year spent on administration
Change in daytime working hours	+GBP 701 per extra hour per week	+GBP 13 per extra hour per year
Use of guidelines		-GBP 3477 to use guidelines
Highly deprived patients	+GBP 5029 to work with such a population
Moderately deprived patients	+GBP 1034 to work with such a population

Note: A positive monetary value of a job characteristic can be interpreted as willingness to be compensated: it is the average salary increase needed to impose such a work characteristic. By contrast, a negative monetary value represents the salary cut respondents are ready to accept to benefit from the proposed job characteristic.

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