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6 - Preparing for the Next Pandemic

The Role of Behavioural Economics in Advance Care Planning

from Part I - Evidence from Experiments and Behavioural Insights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2025

By
Juliet Hodges
Edited by
Joan Costa-Font  and
Matteo M. Galizzi
Joan Costa-Font
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Matteo M. Galizzi
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Summary

This chapter explores advance care planning (ACP) from the perspective of patients and healthcare providers, as well as how behavioural economics principles could be used to encourage more people to engage with it. Ultimately, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown at a global scale how quickly a person’s health can change and leave them unable to communicate or make decisions about their care, bringing home the importance of ACP discussions and having wishes known. While there are multiple barriers to having these conversations, for patients, physicians, and the systems they operate in, behavioural economics provides a framework for potential interventions that can help to overcome them. In the wake of this global pandemic, we have an opportunity to raise these conversations earlier, giving patients the opportunity to reflect, discuss, and feel more prepared.

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Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics
Insights from Responses to COVID-19
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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