To investigate the individual and household-level factors influencing the willingness to pay for cataract surgery among patients aged 50 years and older in rural China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the factors influencing the willingness to pay (WTP) for cataract surgery among patients aged 50 years and older in rural China at both individual and household levels.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study was conducted in Gansu, China.

Participants

Patients aged ≥50 years who were diagnosed with cataracts indicated for surgery and lived rural in Gansu from October to December 2020 were included in the study.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The main study outcome was the patients' WTP for cataract surgery. The association of individual characteristics, knowledge about cataracts, health status and household characteristics with patients' WTP was also evaluated based on the collected data using structured quest

SUBMITTER: Ding Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10407343 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature