Willingness-to-pay for colorectal cancer screening.

Journal article

Willingness-to-pay (WTP) techniques are increasingly being used in economic evaluation, as a means of assessing the value of new health care technologies. This paper presents the results of a WTP investigation of two types of screening for colorectal cancer. A questionnaire was issued to a general population via general practitioners (GPs), yielding a sample of approximately 2000 cases for analysis. Regression models demonstrated that WTP was significantly influenced by factors such as gender...

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Authors: Frew, E; Wolstenholme, J; Whynes, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 14
• Pages: 1746-1751
• Publication date: 2001-09-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)00200-3
• EISSN: 1879-0852
• ISSN: 0959-8049
• Language: English
• Keywords: Socioeconomic Factors; Male; Questionnaires; Humans; Health Services Needs and Demand; England; Middle Aged; Mass Screening; Financing, Personal; Attitude to Health; Colorectal Neoplasms; Occult Blood; Logistic Models; Female; Adult; Sigmoidoscopy