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Potential surgery recipients were described by seven key characteristics or attributes: body mass index (BMI), presence of comorbid conditions, age, family history, commitment to lifestyle change, time on the surgical wait list and chance of maintaining weight loss following surgery. A multinomial logit model was used to evaluate preferences and derive priority weights (primary analysis), with a latent class model used to explore respondent characteristics that were associated with variation in preference across the sample (see online supplementary analysis).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A preference was observed to prioritise individuals who demonstrated a strong commitment to maintaining a healthy lifestyle as well as individuals categorised with very severe (BMI\u226550\u2005kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ) or (to a lesser extent) severe (BMI\u226540\u2005kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ) obesity, those who already have obesity-related comorbidity, with a family history of obesity, with a greater chance of maintaining weight loss or who had spent a longer time on the wait list. Lifestyle commitment was considered to be more than twice as important as any other criterion. There was little tendency to prioritise according to the age of the recipient. Respondent preferences were dependent on their BMI, previous experience with weight management surgery, current health state and education level.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study extends our understanding of the publics\u2019 preferences for priority setting to the context of bariatric surgery, and derives priority weights that could be used to assist bodies responsible for commissioning bariatric services.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2015-008919","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,10,16]],"date-time":"2015-10-16T20:22:58Z","timestamp":1445026978000},"page":"e008919","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Prioritising patients for bariatric surgery: building public preferences from a discrete choice experiment into public policy"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Jennifer A","family":"Whitty","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julie","family":"Ratcliffe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Flinders Health Economics Group, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth","family":"Kendall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Burton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urban Research Program, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Wilson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Littlejohns","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Harris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Human Services and Social Work, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rachael","family":"Krinks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul A","family":"Scuffham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Applied Health Economics, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,10,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121603261026000_5.10.e008919.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Colquitt JL , Pickett K , Loveman E , et al . 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