Studies find substantial variation in healthcare providers’ treatment behaviour and responses to policies. One potential explanation may be differences in their motivation. However, healthcare providers’ motivation remains an understudied area. This study maps general practitioners’...

Health economists typically use agency theory to predict how physicians respond to various policy schemes. Empirical studies show that many schemes lead to unintended responses, indicating that current theoretical models fail to fully explain physicians’ behaviour. Drawing on key lessons from...

The cost attribute is of particular importance in discrete choice experiments, and this study is the first to explore the effect of a cost attribute on both forced and unforced choices. Patients' preferences for organisational characteristics in general practice in Denmark are elicited, and the...

This study investigates the influence of information and public versus private provision on preferences for introducing screening (i.e. PSA-test) for prostate cancer in Denmark. The aim is to disclose if preferences (measured as willingness-to-pay) are influenced by whether the service is...

Earlier studies have shown that general practitioners' (GPs) prescription choices are influenced by effect, patient costs and costs to society, patient attitude and own experience. This study builds on this knowledge and explores how prescription behaviour is affected when choices are made in...