Willingness to pay for potential enhancements to a low-cost cataract surgical package in rural southern China

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ko, Fang ^a   Frick, Kevin D ^b   Tzu, Jonathan ^c   He, Mingguang ^d,e   Congdon, Nathan ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cataract; China; rural; surgery; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84856527854     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02207.x     Document Type: Article

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