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Willingness to pay for cataract surgery and associated factors among cataract patients in Outreach Site, North West Ethiopia

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  • Mohammed Seid
  • Amare Minyihun
  • Gizachew Tilahun
  • Asmamaw Atnafu
  • Getasew Amare

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Introduction: In Ethiopia, cataract surgery is mainly provided by donors free of charge through outreach programs. Assessing willingness to pay for patients for cataract surgery will help explain how the service is valued by the beneficiaries and design a domestic source of finance to sustain a program. Although knowledge concerning willingness to pay for cataract surgery is substantive for developing a cost-recovery model, the existed knowledge is limited and not well-addressed. Therefore, the study aimed to assess willingness to pay for cataract surgery and associated factors among cataract patients in Outreach Site, North West Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional outreach-based study was conducted on 827 cataract patients selected through a simple random sampling method in Tebebe Gion Specialized Hospital, North West Ethiopia, from 10/11/2018 to 14/11/2018. The data were collected using a contingent valuation elicitation approach to elicit the participants’ maximum willingness to pay through face to face questionnaire interviews. The descriptive data were organized and presented using summary statistics, frequency distribution tables, and figures accordingly. Factors assumed to be associate with a willingness to pay were identified using a Tobit regression model with a p-value of

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  • Mohammed Seid & Amare Minyihun & Gizachew Tilahun & Asmamaw Atnafu & Getasew Amare, 2021. "Willingness to pay for cataract surgery and associated factors among cataract patients in Outreach Site, North West Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-15, March.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248618
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