Mothers' willingness to accept and pay for vaccines to their children in western Iran: a contingent valuation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clients' willingness to accept (WTA) and willingness to pay (WTP) for a given good or service can help elicit the monetary value of that good or service. This study aims to assess the WTA and WTP of mothers attending primary health centers for vaccines to their children during 2019 in Kermanshah city, western Iran.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study on a total of 667 mothers attending primary health centers for vaccines to their children aged two to 18 months. A multistage sampling technique was employed to involve the mothers in the study, and data were collected using a self-administrated open-ended questionnaire. The multivariate linear regression model was used to identify the factors associated with the mothers' WTP and WTA for vaccines to their

SUBMITTER: Rezaei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310440 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature