Article de revue
Can we use contingent valuation to assess the demand for childhood immunisation in developing countries?: a systematic review of the literature.
Childhood immunisation is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions- yet its population coverage in low- and middle-income countries is severely limited by the fiscal constraints that health services face. A recent proposal suggested that commitments to purchase vaccines and make them available to developing countries for modest co-payments could solve the problem. However- this is dependent on communities being willing and able to share the cost in this way- which is difficult to assess. One possible method to assess this demand is contingent valuation (CV). This article evaluates the usefulness of using CV in this way- by reviewing applications of CV in developing countries against current 'standards' for CV of immunisation in the literature. A structured review was adopted with reference to the standard frameworks for methodological evaluation. A set of five criteria were developed for evaluating an 'acceptable' CV study: (i) response rate/ (ii) association between willingness to pay (WTP)
Auteurs
Langues
- Anglais
Année de publication
2005
Journal
Applied health economics and health policy
Volume
3
Type
Article de revue
Catégories
- Données
Mots-clés
- Demande
- TIC
