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Using qualitative methods to understand the determinants of patients' willingness to pay for cataract surgery : A study in Tanzania

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The study reveals that eye care programs can influence WTP for cataract surgery by providing quality services and by offering adequate counseling about the procedure, and shows that WTP concerns not only the patients but also their relatives.
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This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 2008-02-01. It has received 39 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cataract surgery & Willingness to pay.

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Systematic review of barriers to surgical care in low-income and middle-income countries.

TL;DR: Key barriers included difficulty accessing surgical services due to distance, poor roads, and lack of suitable transport; lack of local resources and expertise; direct and indirect costs related to surgical care; and fear of undergoing surgery and anesthesia.
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Will they buy it? The potential for marketing organic vegetables in the food vending sector to strengthen vegetable safety: A choice experiment study in three West African cities

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the marketing potential of organic vegetables in the food vending sector of Cotonou (Benin), Accra (Ghana), and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
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Barriers to Cataract Surgery in Africa: A Systematic Review.

TL;DR: Qualitative data is likely to provide a deeper understanding of the complex social, family, community, financial and gender issues relating to barriers to uptake of cataract surgery in Africa.
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Ocular Disease Therapeutics: Design and Delivery of Drugs for Diseases of the Eye

TL;DR: The emergence of new technologies coupled with first-in-class entries in ophthalmology are highly anticipated to restructure and boost the future trends in the field of ophthalmic drug discovery.
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Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Health Services: A Qualitative Study Amongst People with Disabilities in Cameroon and India.

TL;DR: The interaction of environmental and personal factors with the impairment and their levels of participation and inclusion in community structures, all contributed to the take up of services and illustrated the need for a multi-faceted response to improve access to health services for people with disabilities.
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Basics of qualitative research : techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory

TL;DR: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Considerations for Getting Started and Techniques for Achieving Theoretical Integration are presented.
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Basics of qualitative research : techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present strategies for qualitative data analysis, including context, process and theoretical integration, and provide a criterion for evaluation of these strategies and answers to student questions and answers.
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Handbook of Qualitative Research

TL;DR: The discipline and practice of qualitative research have been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors, including the work of Denzin and Denzin, and their history in sociology and anthropology, as well as the role of women in qualitative research.
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Qualitative inquiry and research design: choosing among five traditions.

TL;DR: Creswell as mentioned in this paper explores the philosophical underpinnings, history and key elements of five qualitative inquiry traditions: biography, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and case study.
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How much does laser eye surgery cost in Tamilnadu?

It does not appear realistic for eye care program managers to charge the real cost of cataract surgery at present (about US $70-in Kilimanjaro).