Mingguang He|Vivien Chan|Elaine Baruwa|Donna Gilbert|Kevin D. Frick|Nathan Congdon
Willingness to Pay for Cataract Surgery in Rural Southern China
Helen Keller International|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Helen Keller International|Johns Hopkins Medicine
purpose study willingness pay cataract surgery associations southern china design crosssectional willingnesstopay interview incorporating elements openended bidding formats participants threehundred thirtynine persons presenting cataract screening yangjiang china presenting visual acuity va 660 either eye due cataract methods subjects underwent measurement va willingnesstopay interview age gender literacy education annual income also recorded main outcome measures maximum amount subjects would willing pay cataract surgery results among 325 959 subjects completing interview 169 520 70 years older 213 655 women 217 668 annual income 5000 renminbi 5000 us 625 eighty percent n 257 participants willing pay something surgery mean 442444 renminbi us 5555 regression models older subjects willing pay less 8 renminbi us 1 per year age p 001 blind subjects significantly likely odds ratio 57 95 confidence interval 17193 pay anything surgery would pay average 255 renminbi us 32 less p 0004 persons highest annual income level 10 000 renminbi us 1250 would pay 50 surgery lowest level 5000 renminbi p 00003 current cost surgery program 500 renminbi us 63 conclusions sustainable programs need attract younger welltodo persons better vision still providing access neediest patients study willingness pay cataract surgery associations southern china crosssectional willingnesstopay interview incorporating elements openended bidding formats threehundred thirtynine persons presenting cataract screening yangjiang china presenting visual acuity va 660 either eye due cataract subjects underwent measurement va willingnesstopay interview age gender literacy education annual income also recorded maximum amount subjects would willing pay cataract surgery among 325 959 subjects completing interview 169 520 70 years older 213 655 women 217 668 annual income 5000 renminbi 5000 us 625 eighty percent n 257 participants willing pay something surgery mean 442444 renminbi us 5555 regression models older subjects willing pay less 8 renminbi us 1 per year age p 001 blind subjects significantly likely odds ratio 57 95 confidence interval 17193 pay anything surgery would pay average 255 renminbi us 32 less p 0004 persons highest annual income level 10 000 renminbi us 1250 would pay 50 surgery lowest level 5000 renminbi p 00003 current cost surgery program 500 renminbi us 63 sustainable programs need attract younger welltodo persons better vision still providing access neediest patients