Using Conjoint Analysis to Elicit Preferences for Occupational Health Services in Small and Microenterprises
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In particular small and medium sized enterprises (SME) benefit from 
occupational  health  services as  these  may  help  reducing  potential 
costs  of  accidents  or  illnesses  at  work,  support  staff  retention  and 
recruitment,   and   decrease   wage   costs.   Nevertheless   SME   and 
especially  microenterprises  (<10  persons  employed)  rarely  offer 
these services to their employees. The innovation incubator’s project 
“Healthy  at  Work”  offers  research-based  advice  to  private  service 
units to support SME with the supply of occupational health services 
the  region  of  Luneburg.  This  contribution  describes  the  method  of 
eliciting  preferences  and  willingness  to  pay  (WTP) of  SME for occupational   health   services using   an   Adaptive   Choice   Based Conjoint  Analysis  combined  with  a  short  WTP  questionnaire.  The results  reveal  that  a  comprehensive  service  package  tailored  to  the needs of the individual company should be offered on a pay per use basis.  The  private  supplier  would  benefit  from  cooperation  with  a social    insurance    provider,    either    health    insurance    fund    or occupational  accident insurer.  Further,  we  find  that  employers  are willing  to  pay  for  services,  WTP  decreases  with  company  size, however.  It  is  therefore  of  particular  importance  to  offer  appealing and  affordable  occupational  health  services  to  microenterprises, 
preferably in cooperation with social insurance providers. 
| Originalsprache | Englisch | 
|---|---|
| Zeitschrift | Athens Journal of Health | 
| Jahrgang | 1 | 
| Ausgabenummer | 4 | 
| Seiten (von - bis) | 237-254 | 
| Anzahl der Seiten | 18 | 
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| Publikationsstatus | Erschienen - 12.2014 | 
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