Ko CM, Koh CK, Kwon S. Willingness to pay for family education and counselling services provided by critical care advanced practice nurses.
Int J Nurs Pract 2019;
25:e12782. [PMID:
31512357 PMCID:
PMC9285694 DOI:
10.1111/ijn.12782]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Aim
The aim of this study was to estimate the economic value of a family education and counselling service provided by critical care advanced practice nurses in South Korea utilizing a contingent valuation approach.
Methods
A double‐bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation method was utilized to estimate the public's willingness to pay value for an education and counselling service provided by critical care advanced practice nurses. A web‐based self‐administered survey was conducted.
Results
Median willingness to pay was 43 112 Korean won (35 US dollars). Higher income and younger age were associated with higher willingness to pay.
Conclusion
This study captured the economic value of an education and counselling service provided by critical care advanced practice nurses that is not on the benefit list under the fee‐for‐service system of the Korean National Health System. Policy makers should consider including such services in the health care system.
What is already known about this topic?
Patients in intensive care units and their family members need education and counselling.
Nurses and physicians recognize the importance of the education and counselling services provided by critical care advanced practice nurses.
No studies have evaluated the economic value of the family education and counselling services provided by critical care advanced practice nurses.
What this paper adds?
The Korean people in this study recognized the economic value of a service provided by critical care advanced practice nurses.
Income and age were found to be factors related to the economic value of the education service provided by critical care advanced practice nurses.
The implications of this paper:
This study captured the economic value of an education and counselling service provided by critical care advanced practice nurses, the fee for which is not reimbursed by the current Korean health care fee‐for‐service system.
Policy makers should consider the public perception of the economic value of the education and counselling services provided by critical care advanced practice nurses when determining the benefits and the prices of services included in the Korean National Health Insurance System.
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