User Charges for General Practitioner Services in Denmark

NCT ID: NCT01784731

Last Updated: 2013-03-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-03-31

Study Completion Date

2013-03-31

Brief Summary

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Currently, office visits at general practitioners is free of charge for patients. However, public commissions and the Danish Economic Council have suggested to implement user charges for services that currently is free of charge. The aim of this study is to examine the consequences of introducing user charges for general practitioner services. Data for the project will be collected from patients who have an appointment with a general practitioner. Patients will be asked whether they are willing to pay a specified amount for the consultation that they have scheduled. After the consultation, the GP register diagnoses.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Consequences of User Charges

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Patients

Willingness to pay

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Willingness to pay

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with an appointment for a visit in a general practitioner clinic
* Reads and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Southern Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christian Kronborg

Associate professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Lægerne Nyenstad

Nyborg, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Kronborg C, Pedersen LB, Fournaise A, Kronborg CN. User Fees in General Practice: Willingness to Pay and Potential Substitution Patterns-Results from a Danish GP Patient Survey. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2017 Oct;15(5):615-624. doi: 10.1007/s40258-017-0325-y.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28364368 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SDU1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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