Podoconiosis patients' willingness to pay for treatment services in Northwest Ethiopia: Potential for cost recovery

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tamiru, Abreham ^a   Tsegay, Girmay ^a   Wubie, Moges ^a   Gedefaw, Molla ^b   Tomczyk, Sara ^c   Tekola Ayele, Fasil ^d  

^a DEBRE MARKOS UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GAMBY Medical Sciences College   (Ethiopia)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Ethiopia; Global health; Health policy; Neglected tropical disease; Podoconiosis; Treatment; Willingness to pay (WTP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SHOES;

EID: 84898444758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-259     Document Type: Article

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