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. 2026 Mar 11.
doi: 10.1007/s10198-026-01903-w. Online ahead of print.

The value of social robots supporting informal care: a discrete choice experiment among informal caregivers

Petra Baji  1 , Dominik Golicki  2 , László Gulácsi  3 , Zsombor Zrubka  3 , Tamás Haidegger  4 , Elsa M R Marques  5   6 , Anikó Vágvölgyi  7 , Levente Kovács  8 , Márta Péntek  3
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The value of social robots supporting informal care: a discrete choice experiment among informal caregivers

Petra Baji et al. Eur J Health Econ. .
No abstract available

Keywords: CarerQol; Discrete choice experiment; Informal care; Quality of life; Robot; Willingness to pay.

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Declarations. Competing interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Disclosure: Anikó Vágvölgyi worked in the project as PhD candidate (individual PhD program) at Obuda University. Parexel International did not provide funding for the research nor had any influence on it, and the contents expressed in the paper do not represent the company’s views.

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