Health-seeking behaviour and cost of fever treatment to households in a malaria-endemic setting of northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the health-seeking behaviour and cost of fever treatment to households in Ghana.

Design

Cross-sectional household survey conducted between July and September 2015.

Setting

Kassena-Nankana East and West districts in Upper East region of Ghana.

Participants

Individuals with an episode of fever in the 2 weeks preceding a visit during routine health and demographic surveillance system data collection were selected for the study. Sociodemographic characteristics, treatment-seeking behaviours and cost of treatment of fever were obtained from the respondents.

Results

Out of 1845 households visited, 21% (393 of 1845) reported an episode of fever. About 50% (195 of 393) of the fever cases had blood sample taken for testing by microscopy or R

SUBMITTER: Dalaba MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438825 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature