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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | On the use of willingness-to-pay studies in health |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik = Swiss journal of economics and statistics |
| Publisher | Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik = Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0303-9692 |
| Volume | 137 |
| Number | 1 |
| Page Range | 11 - 25 |
| Date | 2001 |
| Abstract Text | Health policy makers know that their decisions affect the chances of well-being and survival of individuals and that they implicitly are valuing human lives. Evidence with regard to willingness-to-pay (WTP) informs about the value individuals themselves put on these chances; it thus holds the promise of contributing to consistent decisions that lead to an improved benefit-cost ratio of health services for (potential) patients. However, such improvement is more likely if information about WTP is used by competing health insurers rather than the government. |
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