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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Pharmacol.
Sec. Drugs Outcomes Research and Policies
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1367830

Willingness to pay and price elasticity of demand for long-acting injectable cabotegravir among men who have sex with men in Guangxi, China

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Shiwen Chen Shiwen Chen 1Yuhua Ruan Yuhua Ruan 2Lu Liu Lu Liu 3*Hengyan Pei Hengyan Pei 3*Yu Jiang Yu Jiang 3*Tengda Huang Tengda Huang 3Yuxia Wei Yuxia Wei 3*Litai Qin Litai Qin 3*Xuebin Dai Xuebin Dai 3*Yu Liu Yu Liu 3*Junhui Liu Junhui Liu 4*Yihong Xie Yihong Xie 3*
  • 1 Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
  • 2 Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
  • 3 School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangx, China
  • 4 Nanning Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangxi, China

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    Objectives: There is still no study focused on willingness to pay for long-acting injectable Cabotegravir (CAB-LA) after it was available on the market in the United States in 2021. Here we explored the willingness to pay for CAB-LA and associated factors, and price elasticity of demand (PED) of CAB-LA among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Guangxi, China.A cross-sectional study was conducted. Univariate and multivariate ordinal logistic regression were performed to explore associated factors of willingness to pay for CAB-LA. PED was used to measure the change in the number of participants willing to pay to a change in price.Results: A total of 1006 MSM were recruited, among which 84.1% was aged between 18-39 years old. The median (interquartile) of the maximum amount of willing to pay for CAB-LA was 200 (100-500) Chinese yuan (CNY) per month. Most (84.2%) were willing to pay less than 600 CNY per month. The number of participants willing to pay for CAB-LA significantly increased as the price decreased. When the price (CNY per month) dropped from 600 to 500, 500

    Keywords: pre-exposure prophylaxis, Long-acting injectable Cabotegravir, Men who have sex with men, Willingness to pay, Price elasticity of demand

    Received: 10 Jan 2024; Accepted: 24 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Chen, Ruan, Liu, Pei, Jiang, Huang, Wei, Qin, Dai, Liu, Liu and Xie. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Lu Liu, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangx, China
    Hengyan Pei, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangx, China
    Yu Jiang, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangx, China
    Yuxia Wei, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangx, China
    Litai Qin, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangx, China
    Xuebin Dai, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangx, China
    Yu Liu, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangx, China
    Junhui Liu, Nanning Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangxi, 530023, China
    Yihong Xie, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangx, China

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