An estimation of US horse-owner/caregiver willingness-to-pay for daily use and infectious upper respiratory disease treatment options
| Autor: | Josie L. Traub-Dargatz, Marco Costanigro, D. L. Pendell, M. L. Kibler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice 040301 veterinary sciences Logit Computer-assisted web interviewing Communicable Diseases 0403 veterinary science Indirect costs Willingness to pay Anti-Infective Agents Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Animals Humans Horses Respiratory Tract Infections health care economics and organizations Valuation (finance) business.industry Data Collection Ownership 0402 animal and dairy science Treatment options 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine Middle Aged 040201 dairy & animal science Confidence interval United States Sample size determination Family medicine Physical therapy Female Horse Diseases business |
| Zdroj: | Equine veterinary journal. 50(4) |
| ISSN: | 2042-3306 |
| Popis: | Background 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. Objective 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. Study design Online questionnaire survey. Methods 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 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. Main limitations As this study employed an online survey it was subjected to self-selection bias and a sample size calculation was not performed. Conclusions 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). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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