Ochota investovat do vlastního zdraví

The diploma thesis deals with the willingness to invest into own health among two groups of respondents. The first group are respondents who suffer from neurological problems - migraines, and the second group are respondents without migraines. The goal of my thesis is to find out how willing people are to invest into their health. Whether the willingness to invest into their health depends on a personal pain suffering or on gender affiliation, or whether a person is influenced by his/her age. The literature review presents the concept of health economics together with investments into health. It defines the determinants of health which affect our health both positive and negative ways. Health indicators are also mentioned, and last it describes the neurological problems in the area of migraine headaches. The data for the thesis were obtained using a questionnaire survey. Respondents who suffer from migraines were approached directly in a healthcare facility that deals with neurological problems, and respondents who do not suffer from migraines were approached via an online questionnaire. The research part uses the Time Trade-off method, based on the EuroQol questionnaire. Using the data that were obtained, descriptive statistics is evaluated at the beginning, and the statistical evaluation of the hypotheses established through the thesis is presented afterwards. Appropriate statistical tests were used for testing due to the nature of the data obtained and the statistical software IBM SPSS Statistics was used. From the results found, it can be said that age is a critical determinant of a person's investment into health.