title: [Pre-financing community healthcare: the willingness of households to pay for primary health care in Benin].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to determine factors associated with Benin rural households' willingness to pre-finance their primary health care.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted in Sèmè-Podji, Department Ouémé Benin. The contingent valuation method, namely "bidding game" or "dichotomous choice" was used to determine the willingness to pay for health care. We conducted a probit regression analysis on a sample of 150 rural households.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The value of household willingness to pre-finance their primary health care is between 6,000 and 12,000 FCFA per person per year with a median value of 8,000 FCFA/person/year. This value is determined by several factors. Income level, age, usage patterns of health services and promptness in receiving patients have a positive impact on the households' willingness to pay for their health care. The physical characteristics of health centers seem to constitute a barrier to the willingness to pay for health care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pre-financing of health care by households is determined by socio-economic characteristics as well as physical characteristics of health centers.
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé, Université d'Ottawa, 25 Université, K1N6N5 Ottawa, Canada. sanni.yaya@uottawa.ca
authors.forename: Sanni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yaya
authors.affiliation: Institut international du Management 01BP6829, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: Guy Sourou
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Nouatin
authors.affiliation: Faculté d'Agronomie, Université de Parakou, BP 123, Parakou, Bénin.
authors.forename: Sagbohan Jacques
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Singbo
mesh_terms: D001541:Benin; D005260:Female; D005382:Financing, Personal; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000191:economics; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors