Willingness to pay for malaria insurance: Aacase study of households in Ghana using the contingent valuation method

Title: Willingness to pay for malaria insurance: Aacase study of households in Ghana using the contingent valuation method
Creator: Asafu-Adjaye, John; Dzator, Janet
Relation: Economic Analysis & Policy Vol. 33, Issue 1, p. 31-47
Relation: http://www.eap-journal.com./vol_33_iss_1.html
Publisher: The Economic Society of Australia
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2003
Description: This paper reports the results of a study which estimated household willingness to participate in a malaria insurance scheme in Ghana using the contingent valuation method. The study was conducted in two communities representing rural and urban areas of the county. The results indicate a high level of support for the scheme, reflecting the social and economic importance of the disease. The level of premium that households were willing to pay was significantly influenced by income, years of formal education, occupation type and number of children in the household. The results how that an insurance programme which encourages ‘pre-saving’ towards treatment fees could curtail self-medication and household decisions do delay seeking care, thereby promoting early and efficacious treatment of malaria.
Subject: Africa; economic conditions; diseases; insurance
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/31810
Identifier: uon:2822
Identifier: ISSN:0313-5926
Language: eng
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