Change in willingness to pay for normal delivery and caesarean section during pregnancy and after delivery in Kathmandu

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1227-1234

  Gartoulla, Pragya ^a   Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan ^b   Pradhan, Neelam ^c  

^a PURBANCHAL UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

caesarean section; contingent valuation method; delivery; Kathmandu; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; NEPAL; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

BAGMATI; KATHMANDU; NEPAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956632339     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02596.x     Document Type: Article

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