Table 4 Predicted uptake of the four testing alternatives in current practice

From: Do health professionals value genomic testing? A discrete choice experiment in inherited cardiovascular disease

Test

Test attributes and levels

Utility score

Probability of uptake

Pathogenic mutation identified in X out of every 100 cases

VUS identified in X out of every 100 cases

Cost

Counselling

Secondary findings disclosed

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

WGS

50

55

£5000

60 min

Subset

−18.5

30.8

0.10%

0.60%

WES

45

35

£2500

60 min

Subset

9.0

15.2

1.40%

4.10%

Panel

40

15

£300

30 min

None

33.9

15.9

98.10%

6.20%

None

0

0

£0

0 min

None

−0.1

0.0

0.40%

2.30%

  1. Panel panel test, SD standard deviation, VUS variants of unknown significance, WES whole exome sequencing, WGS whole genome sequencing