Sandra Nocera, Harry Telser, Dario Bonato

The Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care

An Economic Evaluation of Alzheimer's Disease

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Produktbeschreibung

The Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care is offered as a contribution to improving instruments of political decision making in health care. At a fundamental level, it is about methodological aspects of the contingent valuation method. It gives a holistic view of applying the contingent valuation method for use in policy. It shows all stages of a contingent valuation study beginning with the design, the choice of elicitation techniques and estimation methods for willingness-to-pay, the use of the results in a cost-benefit analysis, and finally, the policy implications resulting from our findings. The intended audience of The Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care are health economists interested in methodological problems of contingent valuation studies, people involved in health care decision making, planning, and priority setting as well as people interested in Alzheimer's Disease.

Produktdetails

• Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy Vol.8
• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• 2004
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 167mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9781402077180
• ISBN-10: 1402077181
• Artikelnr.: 14009258

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
List of Abbreviations.
1 : Introduction.
1. The contingent valuation method.
2. Alzheimer's disease.
3. Study objectives.
4. Organization of the book.
2: Study Design.
1. Economic burden of Alzheimer's disease.
2. Program 'care'
helping caregivers.
3. Program 'diagnosis'
detecting AD early.
4. Program 'research'
search for a cure of AD.
5. Financing of the programs.
3 : Elicitation Methods.
1. Continuous contingent valuation format.
2. Discrete contingent valuation format.
3. Biases in contingent valuation studies 17 3.1 Yea
saying.
4. Chosen elicitation techniques.
4: Estimation Methods.
1. Estimation methods for the discrete CV (DC and DM).
2. Estimation methods for payment card (PC).
5: Data.
1. Sample structure and data collection.
2. Descriptive statistics.
6: Results.
1. Program 'care' with taxes.
2. Program 'diagnosis'.
3. Program 'research'.
7: Possible Reasons for Variation in the WTP values.
1. Mean versus median WTP.
2. Yea
saying and protest answers.
3. Question ordering.
4. Payment vehicle.
5. Representation of the valuation function.
6. Warm glow effect.
7. Information bias.
8: Cost
benefit analysis.
1. Cost
benefit analysis for the program 'care'.
2. Cost
benefit analysis for the program 'diagnosis'.
3. Cost
benefit analysis for the program 'research'.
4. Policy implications.
9: Conclusions.
1. Summary.
2. Guideline for a contingent valuation study.
10 : Appendix.
1. Correlation matrix.
2. Detail diagnosis.
3. Detail Research.
4. Detail care with insurance.
5. Questionnaires.
Acknowledgments.
References.

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Preface.- List of Abbreviations.- 1 : Introduction.- 1. The contingent valuation method.- 2. Alzheimer's disease.- 3. Study objectives.- 4. Organization of the book.- 2: Study Design.- 1. Economic burden of Alzheimer's disease.- 2. Program 'care' - helping caregivers.- 3. Program 'diagnosis' - detecting AD early.- 4. Program 'research' - search for a cure of AD.- 5. Financing of the programs.- 3 : Elicitation Methods.- 1. Continuous contingent valuation format.- 2. Discrete contingent valuation format.- 3. Biases in contingent valuation studies 17 3.1 Yea-saying.- 4. Chosen elicitation techniques.- 4: Estimation Methods.- 1. Estimation methods for the discrete CV (DC and DM).- 2. Estimation methods for payment card (PC).- 5: Data.- 1. Sample structure and data collection.- 2. Descriptive statistics.- 6: Results.- 1. Program 'care' with taxes.- 2. Program 'diagnosis'.- 3. Program 'research'.- 7: Possible Reasons for Variation in the WTP values.- 1. Mean versus median WTP.- 2. Yea-saying and protest answers.- 3. Question ordering.- 4. Payment vehicle.- 5. Representation of the valuation function.- 6. Warm glow effect.- 7. Information bias.- 8: Cost-benefit analysis.- 1. Cost-benefit analysis for the program 'care'.- 2. Cost-benefit analysis for the program 'diagnosis'.- 3. Cost-benefit analysis for the program 'research'.- 4. Policy implications.- 9: Conclusions.- 1. Summary.- 2. Guideline for a contingent valuation study.- 10 : Appendix.- 1. Correlation matrix.- 2. Detail diagnosis.- 3. Detail Research.- 4. Detail care with insurance.- 5. Questionnaires.- Acknowledgments.- References.