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ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2015

Consumer willingness to invest money and time for benefits of lifestyle behaviour change: an application of the contingent valuation method.

Adrienne F G Alayli-Goebbels, Job van Exel, André J H A Ament, Nanne K de Vries, Sandra D M Bot, Johan L Severens

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Article in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Examining Willingness-to-Pay and Zero Valuations for a Health Improvement with Logistic Regression.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
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Adrienne F G Alayli-GoebbelsDepartment of Health Services Research, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Job van ExelInstitute of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
André J H A AmentDepartment of Health Services Research, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Nanne K de VriesDepartment of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Sandra D M BotDepartment of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Johan L SeverensInstitute of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

objectiveTo use contingent valuation (CV) to derive individual consumer values for both health and broader benefits of a public-health intervention directed at lifestyle behaviour change (LBC) and to examine the feasibility and validity of the method.

methodParticipants of a lifestyle intervention trial (n = 515) were invited to complete an online CV survey. Respondents (n = 312) expressed willingness to invest money and time for changes in life expectancy, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and broader quality of life aspects. Internal validity was tested for by exploring associations between explanatory variables (i.e. income, paid work, experience and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases) and willingness to invest, and by examining ordering effects and respondents' sensitivity to the scope of the benefits.

resultsThe majority of respondents (94.3%) attached value to benefits of LBC, and 87.4% were willing to invest both money and time. Respondents were willing to invest more for improvements in HRQOL (€42/month; 3 h/week) and broader quality of life aspects (€40/month; 2.6 h/week) than for improvements in life expectancy (€24/month; 2 h/week). Protest answers were limited (3%) and findings regarding internal validity were mixed.

conclusionThe importance of broader quality of life outcomes to consumers suggests that these outcomes are relevant to be considered in the decision making. Our research showed that CV is a feasible method to value both health and broader outcomes of LBC, but generalizability to other areas of public health still needs to be examined. Mixed evidence regarding internal validity pleads for caution to use CV as only the base for decision making.

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Health BehaviorLife StyleAdultConsumer BehaviorCost-Benefit AnalysisDecision MakingFemaleHumansInternetLife ExpectancyMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnairescontingent valuationdecision makingeconomic evaluationlifestyle behaviourpublic health

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PMID25135005
PMCPMC5810650

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