Parents’ Health Belief to and Willingness-to-Pay for Pneumococcal Vaccination for Their Children

• Main Authors: Tsai-Han Liao, 廖彩涵
• Other Authors: 楊銘欽
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18907304988641027168

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 健康政策與管理研究所 === 100 === Background and objectives: Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is one of the most commonly seen infectious diseases among children under five years old in Taiwan. This study aimed at analyzing parents’ health beliefs to and assessing willingness-to-pay for pneumococcal vaccination for their children. Methods: A total of 566 web-based questionnaires were completed by parents who had children under five years old from April 20th to May 10th, 2011. Hypotheses were tested by using Chi-square, Wilcoxon rank sum test and Kruskal-Wallis test. Related factors which were associated with pneumococcal vaccination were examined by using logistic regression. The estimation of respondents’ willingness-to-pay for pneumococcal vaccination was calculated by using multiple linear regression. Results: Study results indicate that 68% of respondents’ children were vaccinated against IPD. Most of the parents understood the knowledge of IPD but few of them realized the information about vaccination. The results showed that parents who understanding IPD more, perceiving more benefits and fewer barriers about vaccination, age between 30 and 34, being suggested by medical staff, seeing the information at hospital, or their children’s age > 1 year old tended to have their children vaccinated. In additon, parents who had let their children vaccinate or perceived lower monetary barriers would pay more for the vaccination. The amount of willingness-to-pay was NT$13,325-16,103 (for parents who had children under 6 months old), NT$8,576-12,670 (for parents who had children 7 to 11 months old), NT$7,567-10,627 (for parents who had children 12 to 23 months old) and NT$2,711-3,128 (for parents who had children 2 to 5 years old). Conclusions: According to the results, the respondents were lacking information about vaccination. The competent authority could not only establish the reward systems to those in need but also motivate the physicians and nurses to educate the recipients. Future researchers could add more parameters along with different tools to aquire price to examine the willingness-to-pay of parents toward pneumococcal vaccination.