Comparison of cost-of-illness with willingness-to-pay estimates to avoid shigellosis: Evidence from China

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-136

  Guh, Soyeon ^a   Xingbao, Chen ^b   Poulos, Christine ^c   Qi, Zhang ^b   Jianwen, Cao ^b   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^d   Jichao, Chen ^e   Wang, XuanYi ^d   Zhanchun, Xing ^e   Nyamete, Andrew ^d   Clemens, John ^e   Whittington, Dale ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^e Centers of Disease Control   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Cost of illness; Shigellosis; Willingness to pay; WTP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RURAL AREA; SHIGELLOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 39749094421     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czm047     Document Type: Article

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