Economic costs analysis of uncomplicated malaria case management in the Peruvian Amazon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Case management is one of the principal strategies for malaria control. This study aimed to estimate the economic costs of uncomplicated malaria case management and explore the influence of health-seeking behaviours on those costs.

Methods

A knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) survey was applied to 680 households of fifteen communities in Mazan-Loreto in March 2017, then a socio-economic survey was conducted in September 2017 among 161 individuals with confirmed uncomplicated malaria in the past 3 months. Total costs per episode were estimated from both provider (Ministry of Health, MoH) and patient perspectives. Direct costs were estimated using a standard costing estimation procedure, while the indirect costs considered the loss of incomes among patients, s

SUBMITTER: Moreno-Gutierrez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7175533 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature