Demand for self-tests: Evidence from a Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism field experiment.
Becker-Degroot-Marschak mechanism
HIV/AIDS
health
self-testing
willingness to pay
Journal
Health economics
ISSN: 1099-1050
Titre abrégé: Health Econ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306780
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2020
04 2020
Historique:
received:
22
01
2019
revised:
11
12
2019
accepted:
12
12
2019
pubmed:
23
1
2020
medline:
19
8
2021
entrez:
23
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Self-tests offer one approach for reducing frictions underlying low demand for preventive health inputs, yet there is little evidence on demand for self-tests. We used the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism-an incentive-compatible approach-to elicit exact willingness to pay (WTP) for HIV self-tests in a field experiment with 822 participants at 66 health clinics/pharmacies in Kenya. Our analysis reveals substantial demand at low prices and highly elastic demand at a wide range of prices above this range. We find few participants with nonpositive WTP. We examine correlates of WTP and discuss policy and research implications of our findings.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
489-507Informations de copyright
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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