OBJECTIVE This study aimed to measure the economic value of cholinesterase inhibitors when used to treat Alzheimer's disease using the willingness-to-pay (WTP) approach and the framework of cost-benefit analysis. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN A cost-benefit analysis using the WTP approach was employed. The study sample consisted of 28 nonprofessional caregivers of outpatients with mild to moderate...

The new document " Approach on appropriate remedies in the new regulatory framework " (2004) jointly published by ERG and EU, identifies, among several competition problems related to the market of mobile telephony, the strategy of price discrimination between on net and off net calls. Through such strategy the incumbents could get a competitive advantage because the price discrimination can re...

BACKGROUND Some doubt the desirability and cost-effectiveness of continuing to provide an expanded scope of primary care practice. Additionally, there has been concern about declining reimbursement from Medicaid and Medicare. Although an expanded scope of patient care services are required for training, we wanted to determine whether these services drain resources and time from other primary ca...

objective: the main objective of this research was the economic valuation of public library services using the contingent valuation. although, estimating the average willingness to pay for public library service, demographics on the willingness to pay, and economic valuation and pricing public library services were other objectives that investigated in this study. methodology: explanatory varia...

We use a two-stage experiment to study how short-term subsidy for new product affects uptake, usage, and future demand the same (a solar lamp). an auction design gauge willingness-to-pay, randomly vary strike price across villages create random variation in purchase prices uptake villages. Our main results are that subsidies do not adversely affect subsequent use, but stimulate uptake. If depre...