Identification determinant factors on willingness to pay for health services in Iran

Javad Javan-Noughabi (), Zahra Kavosi (), Ahmad Faramarzi and Mohammad Khammarnia ()
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Javad Javan-Noughabi: Iran University of Medical Sciences
Zahra Kavosi: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Ahmad Faramarzi: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Mohammad Khammarnia: Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

Health Economics Review, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Background A common method used to examine the relationship between internal preferences and caring externalities is willingness to pay (WTP) approach. We aimed to estimate WTP for health status with different severity level and identify determinant factors on WTP. Methods For determining main factors in WTP, a cross-sectional study was conducted in Shiraz in the southeast of Iran, in March to April 2015. The open-ended method was used to estimate monthly WTP in private and altruistic section. Multivariate regression analyses using ordinary least squares were applied to examine the effect of Scio–demographic factors on WTP using SPSS software 21. Results Participants were willing to pay an average amount of $ 295 in health status 1 and an average amount of $ 596 in health status 6 (worst status) for internal preferences. Altruistic WTP for health status 1 was $ 294 and participants were willing to pay an average amount of $ 416 in health status 6. Multiple regression analysis identified monthly income as the key determinant of WTP for internal preferences and caring externalities (P

Keywords: Willingness to pay; Altruistic; Private; Iran (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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