Willingness to pay for routine immunization services in Kano State: A contingent valuation survey

Background: willingness to pay for routine immunization services is the maximum amount a household or individual is hypothetically prepared to give up to benefit from routine immunization services. Determining the monetary value of given healthcare services such as vaccinations create challenges to health policymakers, particularly in developing countries. Objective: to determine the amount residents of urban areas in Kano State are willing to pay for routine immunization and its associated determinants. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among 418 residents of urban areas in Kano State. Contingent Valuation Method and Logit regression was used to estimate the respondent’s willingness to pay for routine immunization services and its associated determinants. Results: about 50.5% of the respondents were willing to pay for routine immunization services. Respondents were willing to pay an average of twenty two thousand one hundred and six Naira eighty Kobo with standard deviation of twelve thousand nine hundred and ninety seven Naira eighty Kobo only. (N22106.8 ± 12997.8). The determinants of WTP for routine immunization services include educational status, monthly income, place of delivery, health care expenditure and knowledge on benefit of routine immunization services and the age of the head of household. Also, the pseudo-adjusted coefficient of determination revealed was 0.235. Conclusion: health care providers and other relevant stakeholders should sensitize people in order to increase awareness on the importance of routine immunization services; this will improve the overall health status of children below the age of five years.