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Table 1 Attributes and levels of care homes for the discrete choice experiment

From: Preference of caregivers on residential care homes for older persons with versus without communication problems: a discrete choice experiment

Attributes

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Type of care homes

Private-operated (for-profit) care homes

NGO care homes: subvented/contract/ self-financing care homes

–

–

Distance (travelling hour to the facility from home/ office)

More than an hour

Half an hour to one hour

Within half an hour

–

Room type

Shared room (4 or more people)

Shared room (2–3 people)

Single room

–

Manpower

Extra care workers compared with standard requirement

Extra healthcare professionals compared with standard requirement

–

–

Enhanced services

Limited choices in enhanced services

Flexibility of choices for enhanced services

–

–

User monthly co-payment amount

HK$665

HK$1329

HK$2657

HK$3986