ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2014
Individual budgets for people with incontinence: results from a 'shopping' experiment within the British National Health Service.
Article in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Factors Underlying Choice and Change of Absorbent Incontinence Products in Women With Urinary Incontinence.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2026Article
- Letter to Editor "Methodological Considerations in Research on Absorbent Incontinence Product Use Among Women With Urinary Incontinence".Neurourology and urodynamics · 2026Article
- Patient-centred care and patient and public involvement.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2014Article
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Abstract
background and contextMost people with urinary incontinence are given limited choice when provided with absorbent products through the British National Health Service (NHS), even though the available range is large.
objectiveTo investigate users' preferences for four disposable designs (inserts, all-in-ones, belted/T-shaped and pull-ups) and towelling washable/reusable products, day and night.
designShopping experiment. SETTING AND
participantsCommunity-dwelling women and men in England with moderate-to-heavy urinary incontinence recruited to a larger trial.
interventionParticipants tested each design and selected products they would prefer with a range of different budgets.
main outcome measuresDesign preferences (rankings); 'purchasing' decisions from designated budgets. Results Eighty-five participants (49 men) tested products, 75 completed the shopping experiment. Inserts, most frequently supplied by the NHS, were ranked second to pull-ups by women and lowest by men. When faced with budget constraints, up to 40% of participants opted to 'mix-and-match' designs. Over 15 different combinations of products were selected by participants in the shopping experiment. Most (91%) stated a willingness to 'top-up' assigned budgets from income to secure preferred designs. DISCUSSION: Participants displayed diverse preferences. Enabling user choice of absorbent product design through individual budgets could improve satisfaction of consumers and efficiency of allocation of limited NHS resources.
conclusionRecent policy for the NHS seeks to provide consumers with more control in their care. Extension of the concept of individual budgets to continence supplies could be feasible and beneficial for patients and provide better value-for-money within the NHS. Further research is warranted.
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