Willingness to pay for publicly financed health care services in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence from six countries based on a contingent valuation method

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-201

  Tambor, Marzena ^a,b   Pavlova, Milena ^b   Rechel, Bernd ^c,d   Golinowska, Stanisława ^a   Sowada, Christoph ^a   Groot, Wim ^b,e  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Contingent valuation method; Patient cost sharing; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CONSULTATION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LITHUANIA; POLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ROMANIA; UKRAINE; ADULT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; COST; EASTERN EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC SPENDING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

COST SHARING; EUROPE, EASTERN; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84904917898     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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