Patient Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Zambia: Protocol for a Multi-Cohort Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although most countries in southern Africa have cervical cancer screening programs, these programs generally fail to reach a significant majority of women because they are often implemented as pilot or research projects, and this limits their scope and ability to scale up screening. Some countries have planned larger-scale programs, but these have either never been implemented or have not been successfully scaled up. Most of the global burden of cervical cancer is experienced in countries with limited resources, and mortality from cervical cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective

The purpose of this study is to learn about preferences for cervical cancer screening in Zambia, to identify barriers and faci

SUBMITTER: Subramanian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6083044 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature