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Did the COVID-19 pandemic change the willingness to pay for an early warning system for infectious diseases in Europe?
Himmler, Sebastian; van Exel, Job; Brouwer, Werner.
  • Himmler S; Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management (ESHPM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. himmler@eshpm.eur.nl.
  • van Exel J; Erasmus Centre for Health Economics Rotterdam (EsCHER), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. himmler@eshpm.eur.nl.
  • Brouwer W; Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management (ESHPM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Eur J Health Econ ; 23(1): 81-94, 2022 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1318771
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for effective infectious disease outbreak prevention. This could entail installing an integrated, international early warning system, aiming to contain and mitigate infectious diseases outbreaks. The amount of resources governments should spend on such preventive measures can be informed by the value citizens attach to such a system. This was already recognized in 2018, when a contingent valuation willingness to pay (WTP) experiment was fielded, eliciting the WTP for such a system in six European countries. We replicated that experiment in the spring of 2020 to test whether and how WTP had changed during an actual pandemic (COVID-19), taking into account differences in infection rates and stringency of measures by government between countries. Overall, we found significant increases in WTP between the two time points, with mean WTP for an early warning system increasing by about 50% (median 30%), from around €20 to €30 per month. However, there were marked differences between countries and subpopulations, and changes were only partially explained by COVID-19 burden. We discuss possible explanations for and implication of our findings.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Communicable Diseases / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Eur J Health Econ Journal subject: Public Health / Health Services Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S10198-021-01353-6

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Communicable Diseases / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Eur J Health Econ Journal subject: Public Health / Health Services Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S10198-021-01353-6