Using qualitative methods to understand the determinants of patients' willingness to pay for cataract surgery: A study in Tanzania

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 558-568

  Geneau, Robert ^a   Massae, Patrick ^b   Courtright, Paul ^b   Lewallen, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Eye care services; Tanzania; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; TANZANIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 37249040100     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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