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Assessing the willingness of parents to pay for reducing postoperative emesis in children.

Abstract
This study assessed the willingness of parents to pay for a reduction in the postoperative emesis experienced by children. The willingness-to-pay technique was used to value the intangible benefits, such as relief from anxiety and discomfort, resulting from a reduction in postoperative emesis in children; anxiety and discomfort are currently excluded from most cost-effectiveness studies of antiemetic agents. A structured questionnaire was used to interview a representative sample of 162 parents. These were parents, identified by Gallup, whose children had undergone surgery within the previous 2 years and, therefore, were familiar with the postoperative experience. The median willingness to pay for a reduction in postoperative emesis in children was found to be 50 pounds sterling (30% of parents were unwilling to pay more than 5 pounds sterling, while more than 35% of parents were willing to pay 100 pounds sterling or more). Most parents expressed some degree of worry about postoperative nausea and vomiting; 24% were very worried about it. This study found that simple cost-effectiveness studies of antiemetic agents including only direct costs underestimate the true value of the intervention.
AuthorsL Diez
JournalPharmacoEconomics (Pharmacoeconomics) Vol. 13 Issue 5 Pt 2 Pg. 589-95 (May 1998) ISSN: 1170-7690 [Print] New Zealand
PMID17165325 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antiemetics
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antiemetics (economics, therapeutic use)
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Health Care Costs
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Parents
  • Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (prevention & control)

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