Table 2

Results from conjoint analysis for a respondent who had a high importance score for waiting time for surgery

FactorFactor levelUtility score* (standard error)Importance score
*Constant: 11.13.
Kendall’s tau for association between actual ranking of nine cards and that predicted by the analysis = 0.944.
Kendall’s tau for two holdout cards = 1.
Complication risk1%–0.18 (0.753)20.5%
5%–0.902 (0.377)
10%–1.803 (0.075)
Waiting time4 months–1.929 (0.222)73.2%
8 months–3.857 (0.445)
16 months–7.714 (0.89)
Surgeon gradeConsultant–0.5 (0.588)6.3%
Junior–1 (1.177)