Willingness to pay for a quality-adjusted life year for depressive disorders compared to heart disease based on population preferences.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

According to estimations of the World Health Organization, depressive disorders, and cardiovascular disease will be the leading causes for global burden of disease in 2030. The aim of the present study was to estimate the value a representative sample of the German population places on quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) for depressive disorders compared to heart disease.

Methods

A representative sample of N = 967 of the German general public was randomly presented with one of two hypothetical health-loss scenarios: One version of the questionnaire presented respondents with health loss due to depression, while the other version dealt with health loss due to experiencing a heart disease. Respondents were asked to indicate their willingness to pay (WTP) for four hypot

SUBMITTER: Ulbrich L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8233267 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature