Measuring the benefits of health promotion programmes: Application of the contingent valuation method

Using a contingent valuation approach for improved solid waste management facility: Evidence from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“…The contingent valuation method (CVM) has been the most commonly used non-market valuation method for estimating the benefits of environmental goods and services as it can create hypothetical markets that can be used to elicit people's willingness to pay (WTP) for changes in non-market goods, and in so doing, can be used to establish the benefits (Mitchell and Carson, 1989;Bishop and Romano, 1998;Carson et al, 2001). CVM is widely used all over the world in areas of economics such as in health economics (O'Shea et al, 2008;Borghi and Jan, 2008), cultural economics (Kim et al, 2007) and transportation safety and economics (Nor and Yusuff, 2003) as well as in environmental economics.…”

Perception of the economic value of primary care services: A willingness to pay study

“…CV has also been used to study the "need" for certain services in prevalent illnesses [7], or preferences for preventive programs [8,9]. In the primary care setting, CV has been used to estimate the willingness to defray the costs of improvements in health care in systems in development [10], to evaluate health promotion programs [11], mental health care [12], the acceptability of payment for the continuation of care by the family physician [13], or the extension of certain kinds of health coverage [14].…”

Exploring non-health outcomes of health promotion: The perspective of participants in a lifestyle behaviour change intervention

“…Only three of the identified themes confirmed earlier research findings. Increased 'social interaction' was previously reported as a non-health outcome of HP by Borghi and Jan [33]. They found that participants in a community based HP intervention directed at maternal and newborn health in Nepal were willing to pay for the opportunity of social interaction the intervention provided.…”