Willingness-to-pay tuition and risk-taking proclivities among public health students.
J Am Coll Health
; : 1-6, 2021 Nov 17.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1521987
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To quantify students' risk tolerance for in-person classes and willingness-to-pay for online-only instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.Participants:
46 Columbia University public health graduate students.Methods:
We developed a survey tool with a "standard gamble" exercise administered online by an interactive chat bot with full anonymity by students. Students were asked to trade between the risk of infection with COVID-19 and (1) attending classes in-person, and (2) attending community parties. We also assessed willingness-to-pay for online-only tuition.Results:
Students accepted a 23% (standard error [SE] 4%) risk of infection to attend classes in-person and 15% of them expressed willingness to attend community parties even if the COVID-19 prevalence were high. Students were willing-to-pay only 48% (SE 3%) of the regular, in-person tuition fees for online instruction.Conclusions:
Public health students with a strong knowledge of COVID-19 transmission were willing to accept a significant risk of infection for in-person instruction.Trial registrationNA.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Coll Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
07448481.2021.1987249
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