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Table 5 Patients willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in each of the attributes and mean WTP values per attribute

From: Assessing willingness to pay for health care quality improvements

Attribute

Positive WTP (>0) N (%)

WTP (BDT): Mean (±S.D.)a

Geographical proximity

168 (66.7%)

29.25 (±38.63)

Waiting time

172 (68.3%)

26.65 (±34.93)

Attitude of hospital staff

155 (61.5%)

21.39 (±24.16)

Seeing the same doctor

163 (64.7%)

26.05 (±36.02)

Doctor–patient relationship

239 (94.8%)

91.51 (±109.33)

Drug availability

231 (91.7%)

123.69 (±137.63)

Chance of recovery

222 (88.1%)

95.28 (±132.00)

  1. Notes: aNon-contributors (WTP = 0) were included in the calculated means.