作者
MK Shrestha, J Thakur, CK Gurung, AB Joshi, S Pokhrel, S Ruit
发表日期
2004/3/1
期刊
British journal of ophthalmology
卷号
88
期号
3
页码范围
319-320
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
简介
Aim: A cross sectional study was carried out on 78 screened cataract patients of two screening camps in Kathmandu valley, Nepal, to assess the willingness to pay for cataract surgery.
Methods: A non-probability sampling technique with open ended and close ended questionnaires was used.
Results: The average age of patients was 68.8 years. The ratio of men and women was 0.9:1. 42.3% (33) of patients were willing to pay for cataract surgery. Among them 48.5% (16) of people were willing to pay less than $13 and 51.5% (17) were willing to pay more than $13. The mean was $2.3 (SD $15.5) per case. Patients with bilateral cataract were more willing to pay than unilateral cases. Poverty (44.4%, 20) was the main barrier for unwillingness to pay for cataract surgery. Other reasons were the lack of family support (28.9%, 13), lack of knowledge of surgery and belief that it was an unnecessary procedure (15.6 …
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