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Table 1 Summary of scenarios used in the survey

From: Government and charity funding of cancer research: public preferences and choices

Scenario

Amount spent on medical research in the United Kingdom each year (£m)

Description

Funding from government

Funding from charities

Cancer research

Other medical research

Cancer research

Other medical research

1

No information provided to respondent

Scenario included to capture respondents’ preferences in the absence of information about medical research funding levels

2

150

2,350

350

650

Realistic estimates of actual spending on medical research

3

50

2,450

350

650

Government reduces its spending on cancer research and spends that money instead on other medical research

4

50

2,350

350

650

Government reduces its spending on cancer research; spending on other medical research remains unchanged

5

250

2,250

350

650

Government increases its spending on cancer research and reduces its spending on other medical research by the same amount