Shared Decision-Making: Can Improved Counseling Increase Willingness to Pay for Modern Contraceptives?

Susan Athey, Katy Bergstrom, Vitor Hadad, Julian C. Jamison, Berk Özler, Luca Parisotto and Julius Dohbit Sama
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Vitor Hadad: Stanford University
Julian C. Jamison: University of Exeter

Research Papers from Stanford University, Graduate School of Business

Abstract: Long-acting reversible contraceptives are highly effective in preventing unintended pregnancies, but take-up remains low. This paper analyzes a randomized controlled trial of interventions addressing two barriers to long-acting reversible contraceptive adoption, credit, and informational constraints. The study offered discounts to the clients of a women’s hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and cross-randomized a counseling strategy that encourages shared decision-making using a tablet-based app that ranks modern methods. Discounts increased uptake by 50 percent, with larger effects for adolescents. Shared decision-making tripled the share of clients adopting a long-acting reversible contraceptive at full price, from 11 to 35 percent, and discounts had no incremental impact in this group

JEL-codes: C13 C93 D91 I12 I15 J13 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09
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