Journal
HEALTH ECONOMICS
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages e71-e75Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3534
Keywords
end of life; individual preferences; social preferences
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Researchers have in recent years sought to establish whether the general public value treatment at the end of life (EOL) more highly than other treatments. Results are mixed, with social preferences most often exhibiting lack of preferences for EOL treatments. This null result may be driven by the often applied study design, where respondents are to choose between treatments targeting patients with varying fixed life expectancies. When remaining life is certain and salient, a rule-of-rescue sentiment may drive preferences across all scenarios. This study presents a different design, where the comparator is a preventive intervention. We study preferences from both an individual and social perspective and find no preference for an EOL premium.
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