User Charges for General Practitioner Services in Denmark

University of Southern Denmark400 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Consequences of User Charges

Interventions

Willingness to payBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with an appointment for a visit in a general practitioner clinic * Reads and understand Danish Exclusion Criteria: \-

Locations (1)

Lægerne Nyenstad

Nyborg, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Willingness to pay

Whether a patient accept a specified amount for a GP consultation

Time frame: once

Secondary Outcomes

Diagnoses

Diagnoses according to the Danish version of the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC9

Time frame: Once

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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