Table 5.
Willingness-to-pay by health care professional subgroup.
| Group | Value, n | Willingness-to-pay according to characteristics of health apps, £ (US $) | ||||
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Published study | NHSa stamp of approval | Used health apps personally | Recommended by another HCPb | |
| All | 222 | 29.20 (35.62) | 124.61 (152.02) | 54.81 (66.87) | 67.30 (82.10) | |
| Use health apps personally | ||||||
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Yes | 169 | 31.11 (37.95) | 129.44 (157.91) | 62.11 (75.77) | 71.28 (86.96) |
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No | 53 | 48.56 (59.24) | 194.38 (237.14) | 31.19 (38.05) | 76.44 (93.25) |
| Previously prescribed health apps to patients | ||||||
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Yes | 139 | 24.48 (29.86) | 119.14 (145.35) | 53.43 (65.18) | 57.57 (70.23) |
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No | 83 | 36.89 (45.00) | 125.42 (153.01) | 43.37 (52.91) | 64.11 (78.21) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
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>46 | 113 | 20.25 (24.70) | 105.00 (128.10) | 41.75 (50.93) | 54.21 (66.13) |
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<46 | 109 | 42.35 (51.67) | 140.00 (170.79) | 64.59 (78.80) | 76.29 (93.07) |
| Role | ||||||
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General practitioner | 32 | 30.28 (36.94) | 134.44 (164.01) | 29.56 (36.06) | 39.84 (48.60) |
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Allied health professional | 86 | 20.79 (25.36) | 121.38 (148.08) | 52.79 (64.40) | 57.38 (70.00) |
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Secondary care physician | 40 | 63.50 (77.47) | 284.75 (347.38) | 178.13 (217.31) | 209.75 (255.89) |
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Nurse | 27 | 449.50 (548.37) | 1616.00 (1971.45) | 526.00 (641.70) | 1061.50 (1294.99) |
aNHS: National Health Service.
bHCP: health care professional.