User Charges for General Practitioner Services in Denmark

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Consequences of User Charges

Treatments: Behavioral: Willingness to pay

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01784731

SDU1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Currently, office visits at general practitioners is free of charge for patients. However, public commissions and the Danish Economic Council have suggested to implement user charges for services that currently is free of charge. The aim of this study is to examine the consequences of introducing user charges for general practitioner services. Data for the project will be collected from patients who have an appointment with a general practitioner. Patients will be asked whether they are willing to pay a specified amount for the consultation that they have scheduled. After the consultation, the GP register diagnoses.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with an appointment for a visit in a general practitioner clinic
• Reads and understand Danish

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

400 participants in 1 patient group

Patients

Treatment:

Behavioral: Willingness to pay