BACKGROUND The current trend of withdrawal of donor support for HIV/AIDS treatment in Nigeria may require that the cost of antiretroviral drugs be borne in part by infected people and their families. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine the economic value for free antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) expressed by clients receiving treatment for HIV/AIDS in a tertiary hospital. STUDY METHO...

Objective: Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) values, which provide monetary measures of community preferences for vaccines, could help policy makers set priorities for the use of health resources in lowand middle-income countries. We conducted a systematic review of published studies of WTP for vaccines. Methods: A systematic search of MEDLINE and SCOPUS through December 2013 and selection process, foll...

BACKGROUND Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) reduces HIV risk behaviors and improves access to HIV-related services among drug users. In this study, we assessed the uptake and willingness of MMT patients to refer HIV testing and counseling (HTC) service to their sexual partners and relatives. METHODS Health status, HIV-related risk behaviors, and HTC uptake and referrals of 1,016 MMT pati...

PURPOSE Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients are treated with a variety of regimens with differing side effects that can reduce the patients' quality of life. This study assessed the willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid side effects related to MBC treatment using conjoint analysis. METHODS An online, self-administered conjoint analysis survey of US adult female MBC patients was conducted to e...

research described here under C R 825921-01-0 to the University of Southern Mississippi. The research has not been subjected to Agency review and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views of the agency, and no official endorsement should be inferred. Abstract This paper examines how families react to acute illnesses affecting individual family members, and investigates relationships betw...

The agricultural extension service in Sri Lanka is generally considered as supply driven, and limitedly focused on farmers’ aspirations and needs. The state services are also said to be inefficient and operating at a high cost. From the farmers’ point of view it is an incomplete service provider. This has increased attention towards the potential for privatization of agricultural extension serv...

BACKGROUND Despite many advances in assisted reproductive techniques (ART), little is known about preferences for technological developments of women undergoing fertility treatments. The aims of this study were to investigate the preferences of infertile women undergoing ART for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) treatments; to determine the utility values ascribed to different attributes of ...

Previous studies have reported higher quality of life in patients who receive home nocturnal hemodialysis (HNHD) than conventional in-center hemodialysis (IHD). The optimal method for eliciting preferences from dialysis patients remains undefined, and there may be unique methodologic concerns in this population. Patients' preferences for IHD (n = 20) and HNHD (n = 24) were studied using the sta...

according to importance of environmental resource in natural ecosystem preservation and human life, restriction of destruction is necessary. miankaleh wetland in mazandaran province is settlement of animal and herbaceous rare species and due to migration of birds therefore, this research will discuss determination of preservation value in miankaleh international wetland and measure of individua...

As the world’s most populous country, with more than 16 million births every year, China has emerged as a large importer of baby formula. China’s relaxation of the one-child policy, which was announced in 2015, is expected to increase the number of births significantly and therefore increase the demand for Chinese and imported baby formula. While information on parent preferences for baby formu...