SEVERAL INFLUENCING FACTORS ON ABILITY TO PAY OF AN ON-SERVICE BREAST CANCER COUNSELING AND EARLY DETECTION PACKAGE AT HO CHI MINH CITY ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL, 2019

Nguyễn Quỳnh Anh

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Objective: The study was conducted to understand some influencing factors on the ability to pay of an on-service breast cancer counseling and early detection packages at the Department of Cancer Screening, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital in 2019. Methods: Cross-sectional study using quantitative data collected from interviewing with 240 women and group discussion with 14 women registered at the Department of Cancer Screening between April 2019 and September 2019. Results and conclusions: A number of factors influencing the choice of as well as the willingness to pay to use the early detection package include family impacts, coalitioners, self/family income; the listedprice of the service package; reputation of hospital and the nature of the disease. In addition, there is a difference between women's affordability and occupational groups, in which office workers are more likely to pay than the rest of the occupation groups. There is also a difference between women's ability to pay and the average income of the whole family, with an average income of 30 million or more being more affordable than the rest of the income groups.

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