Jeroen van de Pol

120 Chapter 5.1 12.000 panel members 1.500 panel members at random invited 799 panel members responded 516 participants provided full data on preferences and importance Figure 1. Data flowchart. Table 2. Background characteristics. Background characteristic study population (N = 516) % (n/N) Gender • Male 49.6 (256) Age (mean ± SD) 51.1 ± 13.7 Educational level: • Low • Middle • High 7.7 (39) 45.7 (231) 46.6 (236) Ethnicity: • Dutch • Migratory background 90.4 (461) 9.6 (49) Number of chronic diseases: • 0 • 1 • 2 • 3 • More than 3 30.7 (156) 28.3 (144) 21.4 (109) 10.6 (54) 9.0 (46) Number of medicines in use: • 0 • 1 • 2 • 3 • More than 3 26.4 (136) 27.4 (141) 16.1 (83) 13.6 (70) 16.5 (85)