Influence of prior knowledge and experience on willingness to pay for home hospice services: a contingent valuation study.

ABSTRACT: Home hospice services contribute to dying in dignity by addressing medical and social needs at the end of life. The respective monetary valuation in a sense of willingness to pay is not available yet. We aim to quantify the benefits of home hospice services to society using society's monetary valuation and examine the influence of prior knowledge and experience on willingness to pay for home hospice services. A nationwide cross-sectional contingent valuation study was conducted in Austria. We analyzed the impact of the determinants of interest on having a positive willingness to pay for home hospice services via multivariate Probit regression. Stated willingness to pay was analyzed using interval regression. Variable selection of potential influence factors and confounders was based on the

SUBMITTER: Steigenberger C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12568916 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature