Private demand for cholera vaccines in Hue, Vietnam.
OBJECTIVE
This study aims to measure the private demand for oral cholera vaccines in Hue, Vietnam, an area of relatively low endemicity of cholera, using the contingent valuation method.


METHODS
Interviews were conducted with either the head of household or spouse in 800 randomly selected households with children less than 18 years old. Respondents were asked whether they would purchase an oral cholera vaccine with different levels of effectiveness and durations of effectiveness (both for themselves and for other household members) at a specified price.


RESULTS
The median respondent willingness to pay for 50% effective/3-year vaccine was estimated to be approximately $5, although 17% of the study sample would not pay for a cholera vaccine. The median economic benefit to a household of vaccinating all household members against cholera, as measured by its stated willingness to pay, was estimated to be $40 for a vaccine with these attributes.


CONCLUSIONS
The perceived private economic benefits of a cholera vaccine were high, but not evenly distributed across the population. A minority of the people in Hue place no value on receiving a cholera vaccine.
Kim
Dohyeong
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Canh
Do G
DG
Poulos
Christine
C
Thoa
Le T K
LT
Cook
Joe
J
Hoa
Nguyen T
NT
Nyamete
Andrew
A
Thuy
Dang T D
DT
Deen
Jacqueline
J
Clemens
John
J
Thiem
Vu D
VD
Anh
Dang D
DD
Whittington
Dale
D
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002771:Cholera / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022121:Cholera Vaccines / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D017281:Cost of Illness; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017059:Models, Econometric; D018570:Risk Assessment; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
D022121:Cholera Vaccines