A study of the user's perception of economic value in nursing visits to primary care by the method of contingent valuation

• Published in: BMC family practice Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 109
• Main Authors: Martín-Fernández, Jesús, Pérez-Rivas, Francisco Javier, Gómez-Gascón, Tomás, del Cura-González, Isabel, Tello Bernabé, Eugenia, Rodríguez-Martínez, Gemma, Polentinos-Castro, Elena, Domínguez-Bidagor, Julia, Ariza-Cardiel, Gloria, Conde-López, Juan Francisco, Beamud-Lagos, Milagros, Aguado-Arroyo, Oscar, Sanz-Bayona, Teresa, Gil-Lacruz, Ana Isabel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.10.2011; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Analysis of Variance; Care and treatment; Decision-making; Female; Health planning; Health Services Needs and Demand - economics; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Male; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Patients; Perception; Primary Care Nursing - economics; Primary Care Nursing - statistics & numerical data; Primary nursing; Sampling Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Spain; Study Protocol; Spain

The identification of the attribution of economic value that users of a health system assign to a health service could be useful in planning these services. The method of contingent valuation can provide information about the user's perception of value in monetary terms, and therefore comparabl...