Private demand for cholera vaccines in Beira, Mozambique.
Vaccine
; 25(14): 2599-609, 2007 Mar 30.
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| ID: mdl-17258844
ABSTRACT
In the summer of 2005, we interviewed 996 randomly selected respondents in Beira, Mozambique concerning their willingness and ability to pay for cholera vaccine for themselves and for other household members. Respondents were told that two doses of the vaccine would be required 2 weeks apart, and that the cholera vaccine would offer excellent protection against infection for the first year following vaccination, and some protection during the second and third year after a person is vaccinated. This research was carried out in order to learn more about private demand for vaccines in a cholera-endemic area. We asked two types of valuation questions (1) a discrete-price offer for a vaccine that could be purchased for household members and (2) a payment card designed to assess uncertainty in the respondent's demand for a vaccine for self-protection. We estimate average household willingness to pay (WTP) for cholera vaccines in Beira to be 2005 US$ 8.45. This estimate of household WTP represents the perceived private economic benefits to a household--six persons on average--of giving all members free cholera vaccines.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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3_ND
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4_TD
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vacinas contra Cólera
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Vacinação
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vaccine
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article