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dc.contributor.author | Mataria, Awad | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Luchini, Stéphane | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Moattia, Jean-Paul | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-31T09:31:57Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-10-31T09:31:57Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11889/8102 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The paper proposes a new methodology to assess demand and estimate price-elasticity for health care, based on patients’ stated willingness to pay (WTP) values for certain aspects of quality improvements. A conceptual analysis of how respondents consider contingent valuation (CV) questions permits us to specify a probability density function for sated WTP values; and consequently, to model a demand function for quality-improved health care. The model was empirically estimated using a CV study intended to assess patients’ values for improving the quality of primary health care in Palestine. Quality was apprehended using a multi-attribute approach; and respondents valued specified quality improvements using a decomposed valuation scenario and a payment card elicitation technique. A Random sample of 499 individuals were interviewed; most (91.8%) declared willing to pay extra user fees to benefit from better quality. Demand analysis suggests an inelastic demand at low user fees; and when price-increase is accompanied by important quality-improvements. Nevertheless, demand becomes more and more elastic if user fees continue to rise. On the other hand, patients’ reaction to price-increase turns out to be dependent on one’s income. Our results can be used to elaborate successful health care financial strategies while respecting individuals’ own preferences and financial capacities. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Willingness to pay - Palestine | en_US |
dc.subject | Consumers - Attitudes - Palestine | en_US |
dc.subject | Contingent valuation - Palestine | en_US |
dc.subject | Primary health care - Economic aspects - Palestine | en_US |
dc.subject | Cost-sharing - Palestine | en_US |
dc.subject | Demand | en_US |
dc.subject | Elasticity (Economics) - Palestine | en_US |
dc.subject | Weibull distribution | en_US |
dc.title | Demand assessment and price-elasticity estimation of quality-improved primary health care in Palestine: some responses from the contingent valuation method | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
newfileds.department | Institute of Community and Public Health | en_US |
newfileds.item-access-type | open_access | en_US |
newfileds.thesis-prog | none | en_US |
newfileds.general-subject | none | en_US |
item.languageiso639-1 | other | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
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