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. 2018 Feb 16;8(2):e017355. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017355

Table 4.

WTP to move between options. The WTP figures indicate the cash amount (in Singapore dollars, at 2013 prices S$1≈US$0.80) required to make respondents indifferent between two neighbouring attribute levels, with arrows representing the direction in which the individual would be willing to pay to move. For instance, participants would pay S$15 (as revealed by their choices) to move from a voluntary to a mandatory quarantine policy

Attribute Level WTP (95% CrI) Level
Quarantine of potential cases Voluntary S$15 (S$8, S$24) Mandatory
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Isolation of actual cases Voluntary S$8 (S$1, $16) Mandatory
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Cancellation of mass gatherings None S$27 (S$14, S$48) School closure
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None S$30 (S$17, S$51) School closure and other mass gatherings
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Temperature screening None S$12 (S$2, S$26) At border
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None S$21 (S$11, S$36) At border and other sites
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Number of infections 200 N.S. 500
200 S$15 (S$4, S$29) 1000
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200 N.S. 10 000
200 N.S. 1 000 000
Number of deaths 0 S$34 (S$19, S$58) 30
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0 S$70 (S$45, S$112) 80
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0 S$71 (S$49, S$109) 120
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0 S$98 (S$69, S$148) 180
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N.S. as S$0 included in the 95% CrI.

CrI, credible interval; N.S., not significant; WTP, willingness to pay.