Table 2 Income elasticities of the WTP for a QALY.

Studies included in Ryen and Svensson [86]

 Byrne et al. 2005 [88]

GP (130 ≤ n ≥ 160), USA

0.16–0.27

 King et al. 2005 [89]

Hospital patients (n = 391), USA

0.30–0.87

 Bobinac et al. 2010 [90]

GP (n = 1091), The Netherlands

0.05–0.21^a

 Shiroiwa et al. 2010 [91]

GP (504 ≤ n ≥ 1114), Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, United Kingdom, USA

J: 0.37

SK: 0.53

T: 0.69

AUS: 0.73

UK: 0.77

USA: 1.02

 Haninger et al. 2011 [92]

GP (n = 2858), USA

0.02–0.15

 Zhao et al. 2011 [93]

GP (n = 364), China

0.00–0.02^a

 Bobinac et al. 2013 [94]

GP (n = 1004), The Netherlands

0.17–0.23^a

 Thavorncharoensap et al. 2013 [95]

GP (n = 1191), Thailand

0.31

 Shiroiwa et al. 2013 [96]

GP (n = 2283), Japan

0.03–0.16

Studies not included in Ryen and Svenson [86]

 Ahlert et al. 2016 [87]

GP (507 ≤ n ≥ 1501), Germany

0.12–0.40