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Elsevier, Social Science and Medicine, 1(57), p. 155-165

DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00338-6

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Willingness to pay and determinants of choice for improved malaria treatment in rural Nepal

Journal article published in 2003 by Edward R. Morey, Vijaya R. Sharma, Anne Mills ORCID
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Abstract

A logit model is used to estimate provider choice from six types by malaria patients in rural Nepal. Patient characteristics that influence choice include travel costs, income category, household size, gender, and severity of malaria. Income effects are introduced by assuming the marginal utility of money is a step function of expenditures on the numeraire. This method of incorporating income effects is ideally suited for situations when exact income data is not available. Significant provider characteristics include wait time for treatment and wait time for laboratory results. Household willingness to pay (wtp) is estimated for increasing the number of providers and for providing more sites with blood testing capabilities. Wtp estimates vary significantly across households and allow one to assess how much different households would benefit or lose under different government proposals.