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Article History

Received: 4 February 2026

Accepted: 3 May 2026

First Online: 27 May 2026

Declarations

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: Constanza Vargas, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Deborah J. Street, Manuel Espinoza and Stephen Goodall have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.

: This study obtained ethics approval from the University of Technology Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee (UTS HREC ETH21-6090).

: Not applicable.

: Not applicable.

: Individual-level data underpinning this study are subject to ethical restrictions and cannot be publicly shared to protect participant privacy. Access to de-identified summary-level data may be provided to researchers upon reasonable request to the corresponding author, subject to appropriate data-sharing agreements.

: Not applicable.

: CV/SG/RDAL/ME conceptualised the study aim; CV/RDAL conducted the focus groups; CV conducted the thematic analysis to identify relevant attributes; CV/RDAL/SG shortlisted the attributes; CV developed the survey; CV/DS developed the DCE design; CV analysed the data; CV drafted the manuscript, RDAL/SG/DS/ME reviewed the manuscript, and SG/CV/DS/ME/RDAL agreed on the final version of the manuscript.

: This research was conducted under the doctorate program in health economics at the University of Technology Sydney with funding from the University of Technology Sydney Research Excellence Scholarship. No other funding was received for the preparation of this article.