Hi there, We have recently completed a study on the organisation of vascular services for the Health Technology Assessment Programme. As part of this study we used conjoint analysis to assess patient preferences for aspects of the service such as location of services, waiting times etc. in relation to possible clinical outcomes. The manuscript is currently being revised and should be published soon as an HTA report, and the conjoint analysis may be published separately. I enclose a list of our references from that section of the report some of which relate to conjoint analysis and may prove helpful. Get in touch if you want any further information. Jonathan Michaels, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road Sheffield S5 7AU UK Tel: +44 114 271 4968 Fax: +44 114 271 4747 email: [log in to unmask] 1. Hall, J. and Dornan, M., What patients like about their medical care and how often they are asked: a meta-analysis of the satisfaction literature. Social Science Med, 1999. 22: 935-9. 2. Heyden, V., Never mind the quantity. Health Services J, 1993. 103(5352): 21. 3. Shackley, P. and Ryan, M., Involving consumers in health care decision making. Health Care Analysis, 1995. 3: 196-204. 4. Graf, M.A., Tanner, D.D., and Swinyard, W.R., Optimizing the delivery of patient and physician satisfaction: a conjoint analysis approach. Health Care Management Review, 1993. 18: 34-43. 5. Ryan, M. and Hughes, J., Using conjoint analysis to assess women's preferences for management of miscarriage. Health Economics, 1997. 6: 261-73. 6. Bradley, M., Users manual for the SPEED Version 2.1 stated preference experiment designer, . 1991, Hague Consulting Group: The Netherlands. 7. Bryan, S., et al., Magnetic resonance imaging for the investigation of knee injuries: an investigation of preferences. Health Economics, 1998. 7: 595-603. 8. Finlayson, S.R.G., et al. Patient preferences and regionalizing surgery. in Society for Medical Decision Making Annual Conference. 1997. Houston. 9. Ryan, M., et al., Using conjoint analysis in health care: unresolved methodological issues, . 1996, Health Economics Research Unit: Aberdeen. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%