Inter-rater and test-retest reliability of three contingent valuation question formats in south-east Nigeria

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 529-536

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Fox Rushby, Julia ^b   Hanson, Kara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; CVM; Reliability; Willingness to pay; WTP

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL FEE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEDDING AND LINENS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULICIDAE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEGOTIATING; NIGERIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 19444369268     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.928     Document Type: Article

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