The Real Price of Health: Experiences of Out-of-Pocket Costs in Australia

该项目旨在调查澳大利亚低收入、中等收入和高收入家庭和个人在管理慢性病自付费用方面的经验和偏好。该项目致力于通过让慢性病患者加入研究团队，确保与公众和患者相关的结果。该项目预计将产生一个离散选择模型，描述慢性病患者的偏好，以及他们在决定如何管理自付医疗费用时面临的权衡。来自这项创新研究的证据将被用来直接为澳大利亚的卫生政策提供参考，为整个社区带来广泛的健康和经济利益。

This project aims to investigate the experiences and preferences of Australian families and individuals on low, middle, and high incomes in managing the out-of-pocket costs of chronic disease. This project aspires to ensure outcomes that are relevant to the public and patients through involving people living with chronic disease in the research team. The project expects to generate a discrete choice model that describes people with chronic diseases’ preferences, and the trade-offs that they are faced with when deciding how to manage out-of-pocket health costs. The evidence arising from this innovative study will be used to directly inform Australian health policy, leading to wide-ranging health and economic benefits for the whole community.