TY - JOUR
T1 - Willingness to Pay to Shorten Waiting Time for Cataract Surgery
AU - Anderson, Gerard
AU - Black, Charlyn
AU - Dunn, Elaine
AU - Alonso, Jordi
AU - Christian-Norregard, Jens
AU - Folmer-Anderson, Tavs
AU - Bernth-Peterson, Peter
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We interviewed persons who had recently been placed on a public waiting list for cataract surgery in Manitoba, Canada; Barcelona, Spain; and Denmark. The majority of the respondents were unwilling to pay higher taxes to reduce the length of the waiting list or to pay more out of pocket to have the surgery performed earlier in the private sector. Less than 2 percent actually had the surgery done in the private sector. We conclude that in spite of expressed public dissatisfaction with waiting lists in all three sites, a majority of the respondents did not support the actions that could have reduced their own wait.
AB - We interviewed persons who had recently been placed on a public waiting list for cataract surgery in Manitoba, Canada; Barcelona, Spain; and Denmark. The majority of the respondents were unwilling to pay higher taxes to reduce the length of the waiting list or to pay more out of pocket to have the surgery performed earlier in the private sector. Less than 2 percent actually had the surgery done in the private sector. We conclude that in spite of expressed public dissatisfaction with waiting lists in all three sites, a majority of the respondents did not support the actions that could have reduced their own wait.
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.16.5.181
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.16.5.181
M3 - Article
C2 - 9314689
AN - SCOPUS:0347738499
SN - 0278-2715
VL - 16
SP - 181
EP - 190
JO - Health Affairs
JF - Health Affairs
IS - 5
ER -