Willingness to pay to sustain and expand National Health Insurance services in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of the present study was to investigate people's willingness to pay to sustain the current National Health Insurance (NHI) program in Taiwan and to extend that program to cover long-term care services.

Methods

A survey was administered to 1800 inpatients and 1800 outpatients, selected from health care facilities across all accreditation levels that were operating under the supervision of six different regional branches of Taiwan's Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI). We used a contingent valuation method with closed-ended questions to elicit participants' willingness to pay for continued national heath insurance and additional institutional long-term care services. We divided participants into six subgroups and asked individuals in these groups

SUBMITTER: Lang HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2635366 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature