Residents' Willingness-to-Pay for Attributes of Rural Health Care Facilities

• Published in: The Journal of rural health Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 7 - 18
• Main Authors: Allen IV, James E., Davis, Alison F., Hu, Wuyang, Owusu-Amankwah, Emmanuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acceptances; Cancer; Choice Behavior; Clinics; critical access hospital; econometrics; economics; Financing, Personal - economics; Financing, Personal - methods; Health facilities; Health Services Accessibility - standards; health services research; Hospitals; Humans; Kentucky; Medicaid program; Medical service; Medicare; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - economics; Rural areas; Rural health care; rural health clinic; Rural Health Services - economics; Rural Population; Willingness to pay; health services research; economics; econometrics; rural health clinic; critical access hospital

Context As today's rural hospitals have struggled with financial sustainability for the past 2 decades, it is critical to understand their value relative to alternatives, such as rural health clinics and private practices. Purpose To estimate the willingness‐to‐pay for specific attributes of ru...