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Choice experiment examining healthcare prioritization under financial constraints for people with one or more chronic health condition, December 2021 to March 2022 

Study number (SN): 0081-00

CITATION 

ABOUT THE STUDY 

It can cost a lot of money for people living with chronic health conditions to access healthcare. This can lead to a range of issues for them, for example not taking medications due to cost or not paying household bills to afford healthcare. Firstly participants were asked some basic demographic questions. This survey asked people living with one or more health conditions how much they spend on healthcare (broken down by healthcare area and chronic condition). They were then asked what healthcare services they would prioritise if they were faced with financial constraints. Then they were asked to explain their decisions and some questions about their real life experiences of financial issues related to healthcare. We think this can inform us about the potential effects of high healthcare costs and how people make decisions when placed in these circumstances.

MAIN TOPICS 

• Health care costs
• Health expenditure
• Chronic illness
• Access to health services
• Health policy

COVERAGE, UNIVERSE, METHODOLOGY 

Population 

Adults aged 40 years or over with one or more chronic condition

Observation units 

• Individual  

Temporal coverage 

From 12/2021 to 03/2022

Time dimension  

Cross-sectional one-time study

Geographical coverage 

Country: Ireland

Methods of data collection 

• CASI (Computer Assisted Self Interviewing).

Sampling procedures 

The company was tasked with sampling a group representative of the public aged 40 years and over with one or more conditions in terms of age, region, sex, socioeconomic status, and area (urban/rural) using stratified random sampling.

The company primarily recruited from their pre-established national online research panel of 27,951 people aged 16 years or over. large proportions of certain groups had not used the internet in the three months prior to the survey, particularly those aged over 75 years and over (56%) and the socioeconomically most disadvantage quintile (16%) (34) . To increase the response rate among these groups, supplemental door-to-door recruitment was carried out. This involved the researchers from the survey company conducting random door-to-door sampling in randomly chosen locations in Ireland. When going door-to-door, recruiters first requested demographic information. Then, if the prospective participant met the inclusion criteria, and were in an under- represented group (S4 Appendix), they were provided with study information and how it could be completed online.

Response rate 

DATA AND DOCUMENTATION: FILES’ DESCRIPTION  

Data (available through ISSDA application process) 

Documentation (available for download) 

ACCESS INFORMATION 

Accessing the data 

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Copyright 

James Larkin and Susan M Smith

Acknowledgements 

Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by the ISSDA, should  acknowledge: “Choice experiment examining healthcare prioritization under financial constraints for people with one or more chronic health condition, December 2021 to March 2022" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”.

Citation requirement 

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical citation 

Larkin, J.,  Foley, L., Timmons, S., Hickey, T., Clyne, B., Harrington, P. & Smith, S.M. (2023). Choice experiment examining healthcare prioritization under financial constraints for people with one or more chronic health condition, December 2021 to March 2022 [dataset]. Version 1. Dublin: Irish Social Science Data Archive SN: 0081-00. https://www.ucd.ie/issda/data/choiceexperiment/

Notification 

The user shall notify the Irish Social Science Data Archive of all publications where she or he has used the data.