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User Charges for General Practitioner Services in Denmark

NCT01784731 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2013-03-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Consequences of User Charges

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Willingness to pay

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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