STUDY ON WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR THE CLINICAL PHARMACY SERVICE FOR DIABETES OUTPATIENTS
Author(s)
Long E1, HU M2, Tong R1, Liu J3, Zhang Z2
1Sichuan Provincial People' s Hospital, Chengdu, China, 2Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, 3West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
OBJECTIVES: To establish the method and measure the willingness to pay of diabetes outpatients for the clinical pharmacy services provided to them, analysis the cost-benefit of clinical pharmacy services METHODS: A close-ended willingness to pay questionnaire was designed based on former literature research and explored study. A sample of 120 type II diabetic outpatients who sought treatment in a provincial hospital were involved. Patients were questionnaire surveyed by trained surveyors before and after he received the clinical pharmacy service which including health care education, prescription review, suggestion of medication administration and so on. The average willingness to pay of each item of clinical pharmacy service were calculated and analyzed in accordance with the age, income, educational background, insurance and complications of patients. RESULTS:
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-05, ISPOR 2014, Palais des Congres de Montreal
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 3 (May 2014)
Code
PHS101
Topic
Health Policy & Regulatory
Topic Subcategory
Public Spending & National Health Expenditures
Disease
Diabetes/Endocrine/Metabolic Disorders