German app and wearable users' stated minimum monthly payment for patient-generated health data of all types, from pharmaceutical and device companies

237.30€/month

USD per patient-year (monthly figure x 12), Germany

“pharmaceutical and medical device companies would have to pay an average digital dividend of 237.30€/month for patient generated health data of all types”

Heidel, Hagist and Schlereth, PLOS ONE 2021, Pricing through health apps generated data: digital dividend as a discrete choice experiment (Germany), 2021-07

Kind of source

Peer-reviewed study

Read on

2026-11-06

Daily check

Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06

What to know

Stated willingness to accept in a discrete choice experiment (842 respondents in the main study), not a payment made. Distribution is bimodal: many asked for almost nothing while others asked for much more.

Arithmetic

237.30 EUR x 12 months x 1.1165 USD per EUR (rate of 2026-11-06, api.frankfurter.dev) = $3,179.35 per year.

About

Wearable data