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Date Published: 04/08/2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v503i2.781
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Vol. 503 No. 2 (2021)
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Duy Ánh, N. . (2021). WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR DOWN SYNDROME PRENATAL SCREENING OF PREGNANT WOMEN AT HANOI OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY HOSPITAL, 2020. Vietnam Medical Journal, 503(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v503i2.781

WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR DOWN SYNDROME PRENATAL SCREENING OF PREGNANT WOMEN AT HANOI OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY HOSPITAL, 2020

Nguyễn Duy Ánh

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Objective: To determine the rate and willingness to pay of pregnant women for Down syndrome prenatal screening at Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in 2020. Method: Employing contigent valuation method with double-bounded question design to estimate willingness to pay for prenatal screening for Down syndrome with 223 pregnant women randomly selected from the list of patients visiting the Center for Prenatal Diagnosis and Newborn Screening at Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital from March to June, 2020. Results and conclusions: The results showed that 95% of pregnant women were willing to pay for combined screening, the average price for which pregnant women were willing to pay was VND 1,905,010. However, only 65% ​​of pregnant women were willing to pay for a non-invasive prenatal test, the average price for a pregnant woman willing to pay was VND 9,097,230.

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willingness to pay, prenatal screening, combined screening, non-invasive prenatal test, Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital

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