BACKGROUND A 26-valent Group A Streptococcus (GAS) vaccine candidate has been developed that may provide protection against pharyngitis, invasive disease and rheumatic fever. However, recommendations for the use of a new vaccine must be informed by a range of considerations, including parents' preferences for different relevant health outcomes. Our objectives were to: (1) describe parent prefer...

Exploring the determinants of residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) for water quality improvements is essential protecting and formulating effective governance policies. This paper applies double-bounded dichotomous contingent valuation method (CVM) determine WTP improvements, calculate average annual Haikou residents explore factors influencing improvements. Interpretive structural modeling (ISM...

because of national and international importance of the anzali international wetland, this study attempts to determine the preservation value and estimate willingness to pay (wtp) by iranian households for preserving this wetland, using contingent valuation method. a logit model was employed with maximum likelihood estimation procedure. results showed, education level of householder, informativ...

BACKGROUND Despite clearly improved clinical outcomes for prophylaxis compared to on-demand therapy, on average only 56% of patients diagnosed with severe hemophilia receive prophylactic factor replacement therapy in the US. Prophylaxis rates generally drop as patients transition from childhood to adulthood, partly due to patients becoming less adherent when they reach adulthood. Assessment of ...

Willingness to spend (WTS), as defined by the amount a bidder is willing to spend in a particular auction event, is a crucial component for an auction’s success. This paper investigates the dynamics of WTS of a simultaneous online auction of a specific genre of fine art called modern Indian art and compare it with the dynamics of cumulative Willingness to pay (WTP), using an innovative statisti...

This paper investigates consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for click-and-collect grocery services. In particular, we analyze whether the time-pressed are willing higher fees. We exploit a survey among 572 customers of two Belgian supermarket chains—both users and non-users. test our model three (increasingly narrow) samples: all respondents, respondents with non-zero WTP, current users. Our ke...

Abstract This study analysed co-operative members’ willingness to pay (WTP) for health insurance. The social capital theory was adopted analyse the mediation role of trust issues on other variables determining WTP A single Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) used elicit and estimate amount members that were willing Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) affecting Findings in...

Willingness to spend (WTS), as defined by the amount a bidder is willing to spend in a particular auction event, is a crucial component for an auction’s success. This paper investigates the dynamics of WTS of a simultaneous online auction of a specific genre of fine art called modern Indian art and compare it with the dynamics of cumulative Willingness to pay (WTP), using an innovative statisti...

BACKGROUND Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) is extensively used to relieve pain in patients with symptomatic meniscal tear (MT) and knee osteoarthritis (OA). Recent studies have failed to show the superiority of APM compared to other treatments. We aim to examine whether existing evidence is sufficient to reject use of APM as a cost-effective treatment for MT+OA. METHODS We built a pat...