NCT01784731

User Charges for General Practitioner Services in Denmark

Brugerbetaling i Almen Praksis (In Danish: User Charges for General Practitioner Services)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 400 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Willingness to pay

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2013-02-06
• Last updated: 2013-03-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark