A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY VALUES: THE CASE OF MALARIA CONTROL INTERVENTIONS

ABSTRACT The increasing use of willingness to pay (WTP) to value the benefits of malaria control interventions offers a unique opportunity to explore the possibility of estimating a transferable indicator of mean WTP as well as studying differences across studies. As regression estimates from indivi...

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Published in:Health economics 2013-04, Vol.22 (4), p.428-450
Main Authors: Trapero-Bertran, M., Mistry, H., Shen, J., Fox-Rushby, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data
Disease control
Health economics
Health services
Humans
Insecticide-Treated Bednets - economics
Insecticides
Interventions
Malaria
Malaria - prevention & control
meta-analysis
meta-regression
Models, Econometric
Mosquito Control - economics
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
prevention
Preventive health care
Residence Characteristics
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Studies
Systematic review
treatment
United States
Willingness to pay
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Summary:ABSTRACT The increasing use of willingness to pay (WTP) to value the benefits of malaria control interventions offers a unique opportunity to explore the possibility of estimating a transferable indicator of mean WTP as well as studying differences across studies. As regression estimates from individual WTP studies are often assumed to transfer across populations it also provides an opportunity to question this practice. Using a qualitative review and meta analytic methods, this article determines what has been studied and how, provides a summary mean WTP by type of intervention, considers how and why WTP estimates vary and advises on future reporting of WTP studies. WTP has been elicited mostly for insecticide‐treated nets, followed by drugs for treatment. Mean WTP, including zeros, is US$2.79 for insecticide‐treated nets, US$6.65 for treatment and US$2.60 for other preventive services. Controlling for a limited number of sample and design effects, results can be transferred to different countries using the value function. The main concerns are the need to account for a broader range of explanators that are study specific and the ability to transfer results into malaria contexts beyond those represented by the data. Future studies need to improve the reporting of WTP. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1057-9230
1099-1050
DOI:10.1002/hec.2810