An Estimation of Private Household Costs to Receive Free Oral Cholera Vaccine in Odisha, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Service provider costs for vaccine delivery have been well documented; however, vaccine recipients' costs have drawn less attention. This research explores the private household out-of-pocket and opportunity costs incurred to receive free oral cholera vaccine during a mass vaccination campaign in rural Odisha, India.

Methods

Following a government-driven oral cholera mass vaccination campaign targeting population over one year of age, a questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was conducted to estimate private household costs among vaccine recipients. The questionnaire captured travel costs as well as time and wage loss for self and accompanying persons. The productivity loss was estimated using three methods: self-reported, government defined minimum daily wage

SUBMITTER: Mogasale V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4564266 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature