Nanny state or good public policy: Do the benefits of mandatory health programs justify the loss of consumer choice?

保姆国家或良好的公共政策：强制性健康计划的好处是否可以证明消费者选择的丧失是合理的？

• 批准号: DP140103658
• 负责人: Prof Stephen Goodall
• 金额: $ 24.49万
• 依托单位: University of Technology Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140103658
• 关键词: Nanny; state; good; public; policy

Governments are increasingly turning to mandatory programs to improve health. Such programs are appealing because there are high health benefits from universal participation and low costs for promotion and monitoring the program. However, this apparent benefit relies on restriction of personal choice, which may impose welfare losses on consumers. Evaluations generally ignore loss of choice, despite evidence suggesting consumers value the ability to choose. This study will estimate the impact and value this loss of consumer choice, explore program specific factors and consumer characteristics influencing the valuation, and determine whether and how restricted choice should be explicitly considered when evaluating public health programs.

各国政府越来越多地转向强制性计划来改善健康状况。这样的计划之所以有吸引力，是因为全民参与有很高的健康益处，而且推广和监测该计划的成本很低。然而，这种明显的好处依赖于对个人选择的限制，这可能会给消费者带来福利损失。尽管有证据表明消费者重视选择的能力，但评估通常忽略了选择的损失。这项研究将评估这种消费者选择损失的影响和价值，探索影响评估的项目特定因素和消费者特征，并确定在评估公共卫生项目时是否以及如何明确考虑限制性选择。