Willingness to pay for public health services in rural Central Java, Indonesia: Methodological considerations when using the contingent valuation method

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-40

  Shono, Aiko ^a,b   Kondo, Masahide ^a   Ohmae, Hiroshi ^c   Okubo, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Equity; Indonesia; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; TYPHOID FEVER; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CENTRAL JAVA; INDONESIA;

CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD; EQUITY; INDONESIA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899550771     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.025     Document Type: Article

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