Willingness to Pay For Improved Health Care Waste Management in Addis Ababa: Application of Contingent Valuation Method
| dc.contributor.advisor | Aseffa Seyoum (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | ZenebeTefera | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-18T07:38:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-18T07:38:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Health care waste (HCW) has drawn attention from all over the world due to the risk it poses to the public health. Of the waste produced by health care activities,85% is classified as general waste, and the remaining trashes hazardous due to its potential for being radioactive, poisonous, or contagious. The general objective of the study was to estimate willingness to pay(WTP) for improved health care waste management practice among selected public health facilities in Addis Ababa. To meet the study objective, a cross sectional, descriptive study design through mixed approach was used. 300 respondents which were selected through accidental sampling technique were participated in the study. Contingent valuation model was utilized to estimate the environmental valuation. Moreover, for the analysis of the study results, Logit model of analysis was used. The analytical application SPSS version 26 was used to analyze both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that among the total number of respondents, 240(80%) were found to be willing to pay for the proposed improved health care waste management service. And gender, marital status, educational status, family size, monthly income of the respondents, level of satisfaction and awareness about the effects of current health care waste on health were found to have significant association with respondents WTP for the improved health care waste management service. Even though there are efforts to tackle the effects of health care waste in the public health facilities under study, there is a lot to be done .the study recommends ………………. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3894 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Willingness to pay | |
| dc.subject | health care waste | |
| dc.subject | health care waste management | |
| dc.subject | contingent valuation method | |
| dc.subject | logit model | |
| dc.title | Willingness to Pay For Improved Health Care Waste Management in Addis Ababa: Application of Contingent Valuation Method | |
| dc.type | Thesis |