Treatment-seeking behaviour and associated costs for malaria in Papua, Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria remains a significant public health issue in Eastern Indonesia, where multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are highly prevalent. The objective of this study was to describe treatment-seeking behaviour and household costs prior to a change to a unified treatment policy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Mimika district, Papua province in 2006.

Methods

In 2005 a randomized cross-sectional household survey was conducted to collect data on demographics, socio-economic status (SES), treatment-seeking, case management, and household costs. Information on the cost of illness was also collected from patients exiting health facilities, in order to compare the cost of episodes diagnosed as P. vivax compared with those diagnosed as P. falc

SUBMITTER: Karyana M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5100266 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature