Willingness to pay for cataract surgery in baiyin district, northwestern China

To investigate willingness to pay for cataract surgery, and its associations, in Northwestern China. Four hundred thirty-eight persons aged 50 years and above, diagnosed with cataract indicated for surgery, identified in an outreach screening program were included. Subjects were offered a willingnes...

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Vydané v:Ophthalmic epidemiology Ročník 28; číslo 3; s. 205 - 212
Hlavní autori: Zhang, Xiu Juan, Li, Emmy Y., Leung, Christopher Kai-Shun, Musch, David C., Zheng, Chong Ren, He, Ming Guang, Chang, David F., Lam, Dennis Shun-Chiu
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: England Taylor & Francis 04.05.2021
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cataract surgery
China
Willingness to pay
Willingness to pay
cataract surgery
China
ISSN:0928-6586, 1744-5086, 1744-5086
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Shrnutí:To investigate willingness to pay for cataract surgery, and its associations, in Northwestern China. Four hundred thirty-eight persons aged 50 years and above, diagnosed with cataract indicated for surgery, identified in an outreach screening program were included. Subjects were offered a willingness-to-pay interview for the maximal amount that the subjects would be willing to pay for a cataract surgery. Age, gender, literacy, education level, occupation, and annual household income were recorded. Among 328 (74.9%) subjects who completed the interview, 197 (60.1%) participants were willing to pay something for the cataract surgery (mean, 902.9 ± 856.7 renminbi[RMB], [US$ 145 ± 137]; median, 500RMB, US$ 78). Individuals with presenting visual acuity (PVA) in the worse eye ≤6/60 (OR: 2.1, 95% CI: 1.3-3.2) and a high annual household incomes (OR: 2.0, 95% CI: 0.9-4.6) were likely to be willing to pay for the surgery, as revealed in the regression models. Willingness to pay any amount for cataract surgery was more likely among literate persons (OR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.0-2.4) and persons with non-agricultural occupation (OR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.0-3.2). The amount that subjects were willing to pay is significantly less than the current cost of cataract surgery (5000 RMB, US$320) in the area. Providing low-cost cataract surgery to patients in a financially sustainable manner is important to increase uptake of cataract surgery among rural residents in Northwest China.
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ISSN:0928-6586
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DOI:10.1080/09286586.2020.1812089