Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Wir freuen uns, Sie am 18. Oktober 2018 zu folgendem Fachvortrag von Herrn Prof. Peter Zweifel einladen zu dürfen: „End-of-life healthcare expenditure: testing economic explanations using a discrete choice experiment” Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Das ATHEA-Team [cid:image001.png@01D412E8.D37882B0] Einladung „End-of-life healthcare expenditure: testing economic explanations using a discrete choice experiment” Fachvortrag im Rahmen des 1. ATHEA PhD-Workshops Wien, 18. Oktober 2018 Healthcare expenditure (HCE) spent during an individual’s last year of life accounts for a high share of lifetime HCE. This finding is puzzling because an investment in health is unlikely to have a sufficiently long payback period. However, Becker et al. (2007) and Philipson et al. (2010) have advanced a theory designed to explain high willingness to pay (WTP) for an extension of life close to its end. Their testable implications are complemented by the concept of ‘pain of risk bearing’ introduced by Eeckhoudt and Schlesinger (2006). They are tested using a discrete choice experiment performed in 2014, involving 1,529 Swiss adults. An individual setting where the price attribute is substantial out-of-pocket payment for a novel drug for treatment of terminal cancer is distinguished from a societal one, where it is an increase in contributions to social health insurance. Most of the economic predictions receive empirical support. Vortrag: Professor em. Dr. Peter Zweifel, Universität Zürich Zeit: 18. Oktober 2018, 17:30 Uhr Ort: Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien Anmeldung: Die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist kostenlos, wir bitte um Anmeldung an athea@athea.at<mailto:athea@athea.at> bis spätestens 07. Oktober 2018. Die Veranstaltung findet in Kooperation mit der Health Economics and Policy Unit am Department Sozioökonomie der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien statt. ___________________________________________ Austrian Health Economics Association (ATHEA) Josefstädter Straße 39 ● 1080 Wien web: www.athea.at<http://www.athea.at/> ● e-mail: athea@athea.at<mailto:athea@athea.at>