Kibler M L, Pendell D L, Costanigro M, Traub-Dargatz J
Department of Agriculture, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA.
Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
Equine Vet J. 2018 Jul;50(4):498-503. doi: 10.1111/evj.12786. Epub 2017 Dec 12.
Equine injury and disease cause two types of costs for those financially responsible for treating and caring for the infected horse(s); direct costs of treating the horse and indirect cost of lost use of the horse for a period of time to the user of the horse (daily horse use). Indirect costs are more difficult to estimate but pose significant financial implications for equine-owners/caregivers. Additionally, there exists a gap in existing research regarding the valuation of infectious treatment options in horses.
To estimate the value a US horse-owner/caregiver places on daily horse use and describe respondents' willingness-to-pay for various attributes of equine treatment options.
Online questionnaire survey.
An online questionnaire was provided to equine-owners and caretakers, and owner demographic, horse care and horse use information from respondents were requested. Additionally, respondents were presented with hypothetical disease treatment options with the following attributes: daily dosage, number of days of rest required, route of administration and out-of-pocket cost to the owner/caretaker through a choice experiment. Data were analysed using a rank-ordered logit analysis and willingness-to-pay estimates for daily use and treatment options were calculated.
Results suggest that the average horse-owner with an uninsured and insured horse is willing to pay $12.07 (95% confidence interval: -$15.01, -$9.69) and $17.95 (95% confidence interval: -$25.30, -$11.20) per day to reduce lost use days required (due to need for rest) respectively. Respondents showed preferences for oral administration over treatments requiring i.m. injections.
As this study employed an online survey it was subjected to self-selection bias and a sample size calculation was not performed.
Veterinarians and pharmaceutical companies may use these results when promoting various treatment options to horse-owners/caregivers and in product development. Additionally, promotion efforts may be targeted towards equine-owners with higher daily use values (owners with insured horses).
马的伤病会给负责治疗和照料患病马匹的人带来两种成本；治疗马匹的直接成本以及马匹使用者在一段时间内无法使用马匹的间接成本（马匹的日常使用）。间接成本更难估算，但对马主/照料者有着重大的财务影响。此外，现有研究在马的传染病治疗方案估值方面存在空白。
估算美国马主/照料者对马匹日常使用的价值，并描述受访者为马匹治疗方案的各种属性愿意支付的费用。
在线问卷调查。
向马主和照料者提供一份在线问卷，询问受访者的人口统计学信息、马匹照料和马匹使用信息。此外，通过选择实验向受访者展示具有以下属性的假设性疾病治疗方案：每日剂量、所需休息天数、给药途径以及马主/照料者的自付费用。使用排序逻辑分析对数据进行分析，并计算每日使用和治疗方案的支付意愿估计值。
结果表明，拥有未投保和已投保马匹的普通马主分别愿意每天支付12.07美元（95%置信区间：-15.01美元，-9.69美元）和17.95美元（95%置信区间：-25.30美元，-11.20美元），以减少所需的无法使用天数（由于需要休息）。受访者对口服给药的偏好高于需要肌肉注射的治疗方法。
由于本研究采用在线调查，存在自我选择偏差，且未进行样本量计算。
兽医和制药公司在向马主/照料者推广各种治疗方案以及进行产品开发时，可使用这些结果。此外，推广工作可针对每日使用价值较高的马主（拥有已投保马匹的马主）。
