Is equity being sacrificed? Willingness and ability to pay for schistosomiasis control in China.

Abstract:

:Decentralization of the health care system in China has led to an increasing need for income generation at all operational levels, both for curative services and for public health programmes. In general, people have accepted the costs of curative services, although the impact of charges on health-seeking behaviour has yet to be assessed. Public health programmes present particular problems in terms of revenue generation, however, because of the less direct impact of these activities on individual health and well-being. In this paper, we report the results of a cross-sectional study of willingness and ability to pay for schistosomiasis control. Questionnaires were administered to household heads of six representative villages in the Dongting Lake Region of Hunan Province, China. A total of 628 valid questionnaires were analyzed. The yearly mean household expenditure on schistosomiasis diagnosis and treatment was RMB 59.50 +/- 146.04 Yuan (US$1 = 8 RMB Yuan), accounting for 0.94% of the total yearly household income. Most household heads (514, 82%) thought schistosomiasis was the greatest health threat in their communities, but only 30.9% of them were willing to pay for screening, diagnosis and treatment of the infection. On the other hand, 72.3% of the respondents were willing to undertake volunteer work for control.

journal_name

Health Policy Plan

authors

Yu D,Manderson L,Yuan L,Wei W,He H,Chen Y

doi

10.1093/heapol/16.3.292

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-09-01 00:00:00

pages

292-301

issue

3

eissn

0268-1080

issn

1460-2237

journal_volume

16

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