a study of the users perception of economic value in nursing visits to primary care by the method of contingent valuation研究用户的感知护理访问初级保健的经济价值或有价值的方法.pdfVIP

Martín-Fernández et al. BMC Family Practice 2011, 12:109 /1471-2296/12/109 STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access A study of the user’s perception of economic value in nursing visits to primary care by the method of contingent valuation Jesús Martín-Fernández 1*, Francisco Javier Pérez-Rivas2†, Tomás Gómez-Gascón3†, Isabel del Cura-González4†, Eugenia Tello Bernabé5†, Gemma Rodríguez-Martínez6†, Elena Polentinos-Castro7†, Julia Domínguez-Bidagor8†, Gloria Ariza-Cardiel9†, Juan Francisco Conde-López10†, Milagros Beamud-Lagos11†, Óscar Aguado-Arroyo12†, Teresa Sanz-Bayona 13† and Ana Isabel Gil-Lacruz14† Abstract Background: 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 comparable between services of a very different nature. This study attempts to extract the economic value that the subject, user of primary care nursing services in a public health system, attributes to this service by the method of contingent valuation, based on the perspectives of Willingness to Pay (WTP) and Willingness to Accept [Compensation] (WTA). Methods/Design: This is an economic study with a transversal design. The contingent valuation method will be used to estimate the user’s willingness to pay (WTP) for the care received from the primary care nurse and the willingness to accept [compensation] (WTA), were this service eliminated. A survey that meets the requisites of the contingent valuation method will be constructed and pilot-tested. Subsequently, 600 interviews will be performed with subjects chosen by systematic randomized sampling from among those who visit nursing at twenty health centers with different socio