Valuing the benefits of a health intervention using three different approaches to contingent valuation: Re-treatment of mosquito bed-nets in Nigeria

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-75

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c Health Policy Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; HEALTH POLICY; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; MOSQUITO; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEDDING AND LINENS; COMPETITIVE BIDDING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2342626607     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581904322987472     Document Type: Article

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