Willingness to pay for diabetic retinopathy screening in Qujiang District, rural Guangdong, southern China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine willingness to pay for a diabetic retinopathy screening, and its determinants, among people with diabetes mellitus in Qujiang District of Shaoguan City, rural Guangdong, southern China.

Design

This cross-sectional study was conducted through a large-scale screening programme in 2019. We randomly selected 575 (21.5%) among 2677 people over 18 years old with known diabetes who attended the screening. Participants elected to pay nothing or RMB10-RMB120 (US$1.6-US$18.8), in RMB10 intervals, displayed on printed cards. One trained interviewer collected all the data.

Setting

Ten primary health centres in Qujiang District of Shaoguan City, Guangdong.

Participants

545 from the 575 randomly selected people (94.8%) agreed to participate in the stud

SUBMITTER: Xiao B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151899 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature