van der Pol Marjon, Boyers Dwayne, Marashdeh Mousa Mahmoud, Loria-Rebolledo Luis Enrique
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Department of Dental Services, Emirates Health Services, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2024 Apr;52(2):181-186. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12911. Epub 2023 Sep 30.
Choices about which dental treatments to provide in a publicly funded system should be guided by the value that the general population place on those treatments. The aim of this study was to estimate United Kingdom (UK) general population willingness to pay (WTP) for dental check-ups, and to investigate what factors influence WTP.
WTP was elicited using a hypothetical question in an online survey. The sample consisted of 594 participants, nationally representative of the UK general population in terms of age and gender. Regression analysis was used to examine what factors are associated with WTP. Analyses were conducted including and excluding protest answers.
The mean WTP for a dental check-up is £31.32 for the full sample and £33.17 excluding protest answers. Respondents on higher incomes and those with higher university education had higher WTP. Respondents in Scotland were WTP less than respondents living in the rest of the UK which may be the result of NHS dental check-ups being free to patients in Scotland.
The general UK population value dental check-ups. This study provides estimates of WTP for dental check-ups which can be used in Cost-Benefit Analyses.
在公共资助体系中，关于提供何种牙科治疗的选择应以普通民众对这些治疗的重视程度为指导。本研究的目的是估计英国普通民众对牙科检查的支付意愿（WTP），并调查哪些因素会影响支付意愿。
在一项在线调查中通过一个假设性问题来引出支付意愿。样本由594名参与者组成，在年龄和性别方面具有英国普通民众的全国代表性。采用回归分析来研究哪些因素与支付意愿相关。分析包括了抗议性回答和排除了抗议性回答两种情况。
整个样本对牙科检查的平均支付意愿为31.32英镑，排除抗议性回答后为33.17英镑。收入较高和大学教育程度较高的受访者支付意愿更高。苏格兰的受访者支付意愿低于居住在英国其他地区的受访者，这可能是因为苏格兰的国民保健制度（NHS）为患者提供免费牙科检查。
英国普通民众重视牙科检查。本研究提供了牙科检查支付意愿的估计值，可用于成本效益分析。
