Willingness to pay for rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria in southeast Nigeria: Ex post and ex ante

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Uzochukwu, Benjamin Sc ^a   Onwujekwe, Obinna E ^a   Uguru, Nkoli P ^a   Ughasoro, Maduka D ^b   Ezeoke, Ogochukwu P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MALARIA; PRICE DETERMINATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

NIGERIA;

EID: 77649131952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-1     Document Type: Article

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