Open AccessCaregivers’ willingness to pay for Alzheimer’s disease medications in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Mao Hsuan Huang,
Chia Fen Tsai,
Wei Ju Lee,
Wen Fu Wang,
Kai Ming Jhang,
Shuu Jiun Wang,
Jong Ling Fuh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000504
Subject(s) - medicine , willingness to pay , apathy , disease , contingent valuation , payment , dementia , caregiver burden , cognitive impairment , household income , gerontology , finance , archaeology , economics , history , microeconomics
Alzheimer's disease (AD) exerts significant financial expenses on caregivers, and knowledge of caregivers' support for out-of-pocket payment is of great importance for policymaking on the insurance coverage of future AD medication in Taiwan. We aimed to investigate caregivers' willingness to pay (WTP) for a hypothetical curative AD medication and the effect of different factors on the amount of WTP.