ArticleHealth economics2010
Willingness-to-pay to avoid the time spent and discomfort associated with screening colonoscopy.
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- Willingness to pay for flexibility at the workplace for people with diabetes and chronic disease: a discrete choice experiment in a population of workers in Denmark.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Emotions and scope effects in the monetary valuation of health.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2018Article
- Using willingness-to-pay to establish patient preferences for cancer testing in primary care.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2016Article
- Daily hassles' role in health seeking behavior among low-income populations.American journal of health behavior · 2014Article
- Non-medical costs of colonoscopy.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe screening colonoscopy process requires a considerable amount of time and some discomfort for patients.
objectiveWe sought to use willingness-to-pay (WTP) to value the time required and the discomfort associated with screening colonoscopy. In addition, we aimed to explore some of the differences between and potential uses of the WTP and the human capital methods.
methodsSubjects completed a diary recording time and a questionnaire including WTP questions to value the time and discomfort associated with colonoscopy. We also valued the elapsed time reported in the diaries (but not the discomfort) using the human capital method.
results110 subjects completed the study. Mean WTP to avoid the time and discomfort was $263. Human capital values for elapsed time were greater. Linear regressions showed that WTP was influenced most by the difficulty of the preparation, which added $147 to WTP (p=0.03).
conclusionsWTP values to avoid the time and discomfort associated with the screening colonoscopy process were substantially lower than most of the human capital values for elapsed time alone. The human capital method may overestimate the value of time in situations that involve an irregular, episodic series of time intervals, such as preparation for or recovery after colonoscopy.
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