Understanding the value of biobank attributes to researchers using a conjoint experiment

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Biobanks are important in biomedical and public health research, and future healthcare research relies on their strength and capacity. However, there are financial challenges related to the operation of commercial biobanks and concerns around the commercialization of biobanks. Non-commercial biobanks depend on grant funding to operate and could be valuable to researchers if they can enable access to quality specimens at lower costs. The objective of this study is to estimate the value of specific biobank attributes. We used a rating-based conjoint experiment approach to study how researchers valued handling fee, access, quality, characterization, breadth of consent, access to key endemics, and time taken to fulfil requests. We found that researchers placed the greatest relative importance on the quality of specimens (26%), followed by the characterization of specimens (21%). Researchers with prior experience purchasing biological samples also valued access to key endemic in-country sites (11.6%) and low handling fees (5.5%) in biobanks.

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E-Artikel

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 20. Dez., Seite 22728

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Englisch

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Batheja, Deepshikha [VerfasserIn]
Goel, Srishti [VerfasserIn]
Fransman, Warren [VerfasserIn]
Mantsoki, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Ongarello, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Laxminarayan, Ramanan [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 22.12.2023

Date Revised 28.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41598-023-49394-6

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NLM366142623