Willingness to pay for vaccination against hepatitis b and its determinants: the case study of an industrial district of Pakistan

Sardar, Azeem; Yaseen, Muhammad; Abbas, Azhar; Waqas, Muhammad; Gill, Basir Afzaal

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“…In this study as the knowledge and attitude scores of the respondents increased by one their willingness to pay for the HBV vaccine will be increased by 6.76 and 27.11, respectively. The findings are consistent with other studies (29,(42)(43)(44).…”

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Willingness to pay for hepatitis B virus vaccine and associated factors among households in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: using contingent valuation method

Aychew,

Minyihun,

Tsehay

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThe prevention of disease burden and death through vaccination is one of the most cost-effective methods. Even though the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) has significant public health problems in Ethiopia, there is no compulsory HBV vaccination program for adults and the vaccine's market value was not yet estimated in the Ethiopia context. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the willingness to pay (WTP) for the HBV vaccine and its associated factors among households in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 620 households from March 1 to 30, 2020. A systematic random sampling technique was employed to select the required number of households. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the necessary information. The contingent valuation method was conducted to measure WTP for the HBV vaccine. A Tobit regression model was employed to investigate significantly associated factors, and variables with a p-value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant.ResultsIn this study, 62.17% of households were willing to pay for the HBV vaccine with an average cost of ETB174.24 (US$5.25). Male household heads (P = 0.014), favorable attitude (P = 0.017), and good knowledge (P < 0.001) toward the vaccine were positively associated with WTP, whereas age (P < 0.001), single marital status (P = 0.012) and divorced/widowed (P = 0.018) marital status were negatively associated with WTP.ConclusionsOverall, most households were willing to pay for the HBV vaccine with an average demand of ETB174.24 (US$5.25). Therefore, a national-level HBV vaccine strategy should be designed considering the households' willingness to pay. In addition, working on attitudes and knowledge toward the vaccine could potentially increase the household's willingness to pay for the HBV vaccine.

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“…An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The tool was developed after the literature review of the related studies ( 12 , 14 , 29 ). It was first prepared in English, then translated to Amharic (the local language), and was translated back to English to check for its consistency with a language expert.…”

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Willingness to pay for hepatitis B virus vaccine and associated factors among households in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: using contingent valuation method

Aychew,

Minyihun,

Tsehay

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…The association between age and willingness to pay for routine immunization services has been mixed in the existing literature [40,[44][45]. In this study, respondent's age was found to have a negative effect on WTP, this was similar to findings by Ossai et al 2016 that younger age group were more likely to pay for routine immunization services in Enugu [44].…”

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“…In this study, respondent's age was found to have a negative effect on WTP, this was similar to findings by Ossai et al 2016 that younger age group were more likely to pay for routine immunization services in Enugu [44]. Meanwhile, Sarker et al 2020 had a contrary findings on WTP for oral cholera vaccine and age of the study participants in urban areas of Bangladesh; this finding might be as a result that the authors used only a single antigen i.e cholera vaccine, rather than using the whole antigen under the guidelines of National Programme on Immunization in Bangladesh [45]. Also, findings by Rezaei et al among mothers in Iran indicate negative relationship between age of the study participants (mothers) and WTP for routine immunization services [37] Meanwhile, distance to the nearest health facility has been found to have a negative effect on WTP in this study i.e short distance increased the likelihood of WTP; although the relationship was not found to be statistically significant.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Many studies were conducted in different places across the world in order to evaluate the factors that determine people's willingness to pay (WTP) for routine immunization services. Potential factors include age, income, education, household size, geographic location, occupation, health care expenditure and distance to health facility [40,[44][45]. In this study, the mean and standard deviation of age of the study participants were 42.3 ± 12.1 in the urban areas and 39.2 ± 9.8 years in the rural areas; while the mean and standard deviation of age of all the study participants were 40.9 ± 12.3 years.…”

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Willingness to pay for routine immunization services in Kano State: A contingent valuation survey

Usman Sunusi Usman,

Peter Njiforti,

Maryam Adamu

et al. 2023

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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Background: willingness to pay for routine immunization services is the maximum amount a household or individual is hypothetically prepared to give up to benefit from routine immunization services. Determining the monetary value of given healthcare services such as vaccinations create challenges to health policymakers, particularly in developing countries. Objective: to determine the amount residents of urban areas in Kano State are willing to pay for routine immunization and its associated determinants. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among 418 residents of urban areas in Kano State. Contingent Valuation Method and Logit regression was used to estimate the respondent’s willingness to pay for routine immunization services and its associated determinants. Results: about 50.5% of the respondents were willing to pay for routine immunization services. Respondents were willing to pay an average of twenty two thousand one hundred and six Naira eighty Kobo with standard deviation of twelve thousand nine hundred and ninety seven Naira eighty Kobo only. (N22106.8 ± 12997.8). The determinants of WTP for routine immunization services include educational status, monthly income, place of delivery, health care expenditure and knowledge on benefit of routine immunization services and the age of the head of household. Also, the pseudo-adjusted coefficient of determination revealed was 0.235. Conclusion: health care providers and other relevant stakeholders should sensitize people in order to increase awareness on the importance of routine immunization services; this will improve the overall health status of children below the age of five years.

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Health professionals’ acceptance and willingness to pay for hepatitis B virus vaccination in Gondar City Administration governmental health institutions, Northwest Ethiopia

Abiye

Yitayal

Abere

et al. 2019

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundHepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health problem. The burden of the disease is high in low and middle income countries like Ethiopia. However, for highly vulnerable groups such as health professionals, vaccination coverage is a major issue in the developing countries where health professionals are expected to pay for vaccination. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess health professionals’ acceptance and willingness to pay (WTP) and associated factors for vaccination against HBV.MethodsCross-sectional study was conducted from March to April, 2017 in Gondar city administration governmental health institutions among 423 health professionals. Simple random sampling method was employed to select the study participants. Data were collected using self- administered questionnaire. Tobit model was used to analyze the determinants of WTP and the maximum amount of money the individuals might pay for HBV vaccination. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultA total of 423 health professionals (physicians, nurses, midwives, laboratory technicians/technologists, and others) participated in the study with a response rate of 100, and 62.4% of them were willing to pay for HBV vaccination. The mean amount of money the participants might pay for HBV vaccination was 325.83 ± 283.46 ETB (US$ 14.39 ± 12.52). The study indicated that the WTP for HBV vaccination of health professionals from health centers was 179.41 ETB less compared to health professionals from hospital. The WTP for HBV vaccination of the participants who had no experience of seeing previous patients with HBV was 157.87 ETB less compared to participants who had experience of seeing previous patients with HBV. As monthly income of the study participants increased by one ETB, the WTP was increased by 0.027 ETB.ConclusionThe study revealed that the mean amount of money the participants might pay for HBV vaccination was much less than the market price for HBV vaccination. Type of workplace and experience of seeing/observing patients with HBV, and income were the predictors of WTP for HBV vaccination. Availing the vaccine with affordable cost in governmental health institutions may increase WTP of health professionals for HBV vaccination.

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Willingness to pay for vaccination against hepatitis b and its determinants: the case study of an industrial district of Pakistan

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Willingness to pay for hepatitis B virus vaccine and associated factors among households in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: using contingent valuation method

Willingness to pay for hepatitis B virus vaccine and associated factors among households in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: using contingent valuation method

Willingness to pay for routine immunization services in Kano State: A contingent valuation survey

Health professionals’ acceptance and willingness to pay for hepatitis B virus vaccination in Gondar City Administration governmental health institutions, Northwest Ethiopia

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