Measuring Consumer Willingness to Pay to Reduce Health Risks of Contracting Dengue Fever

Cheng-Te Lin, Yu-Sheng Huang, Lu-Wen Liao and Chung-Te Ting
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Cheng-Te Lin: School of Business, Yulin Normal University, Yulin 537000, China
Yu-Sheng Huang: Department of Tourism, Food & Beverage Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City 71101, Taiwan
Lu-Wen Liao: Department of Business Management, College of Intelligence, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung City 40401, Taiwan
Chung-Te Ting: Department of Tourism, Food & Beverage Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City 71101, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 5, 1-15

Abstract: Located in the subtropics, Taiwan is one of the major epidemic areas for dengue fever, with severe epidemics occurring in recent years. Dengue fever has become a serious health threat to Taiwan’s residents and a potentially serious economic cost to society. This study recruited 730 random participants and adopted the contingent valuation method to understand the factors influencing the populace’s willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce the health risk of dengue fever. The results show that high-income women with children and people with higher preventive perceptions and behavior are more willing to invest in preventive measures against dengue fever. In the evaluation of WTP for preventive treatment for health risks, each person was willing to pay on average NT$751 annually to lower psychological health risks, NT$793 annually to lower the risk of illness, and NT$1086 annually to lower the risk of death.

Keywords: dengue fever; health risk; contingent valuation method; willingness to pay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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