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Household health-seeking behaviour in Khartoum, Sudan: The willingness to pay for public health services if these services are of good quality

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In this paper, we analyse the extent of willingness to pay for good quality public health services in relation to the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of respondents. The analysis was carried out by way of a household survey conducted in Khartoum, Sudan in 2001. We studied willingness to pay by means of a contingent valuation method. A logistic regression model was used for the statistical analysis. The results show that the overall percentage of people who are willing to pay for good quality public health services is either 80% or 75% depending on whether respondents already pay for these services (group 1) or not (group 2). They show that although the two groups are willing to pay for good quality public health services, the demographic characteristics that affect the willingness to pay differ between the two groups. The results of the logistic regression analysis for each group are remarkably similar. We conclude that if the quality of services is improved, reasonable fees could be set. This supports the continuity of the policy to recover costs because virtually the majority of the households would be willing to pay reasonable fees.
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hal-03881126 , version 1 (10-01-2023)

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Khalid Habbani, Wim Groot, Izabela Jelovac. Household health-seeking behaviour in Khartoum, Sudan: The willingness to pay for public health services if these services are of good quality. Health Policy, 2006, 75 (2), pp.140-158. ⟨10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.03.003⟩. ⟨hal-03881126⟩
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