التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Economic Burdens of Uncomplicated Malaria in Primary Health Care (PHC) Facilities of Plateau State, Nigeria: Patients’ Perspectives |
| المؤلفون: |
Nahlah Elkudssiah Ismail, Nanloh Samuel Jimam, Khang Wen Goh, Ching Siang Tan, Long Chiau Ming |
| المصدر: |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 20; Issue 2; Pages: 1093 |
| بيانات النشر: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| سنة النشر: |
2023 |
| المجموعة: |
MDPI Open Access Publishing |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
direct costs, human capital approach, indirect costs, primary health care facilities, uncomplicated malaria |
| جغرافية الموضوع: |
agris |
| الوصف: |
Objectives: This study aims at evaluating the costs incurred by patients in Primary Healthcare facilities of Plateau State, Nigeria, due to uncomplicated malaria management. Methods: Patients’ information on resources used and absence from the labour market due to uncomplicated malaria illness were collected using the self-reported cost of illness instruments across 24 selected Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in Plateau State. The collated data were used to estimate the direct medical and non-medical costs incurred by patients through the summation of the various costs paid out of pocket for the services; while the indirect cost was estimated using the human capital theory. All analyses were conducted through Microsoft Excel and IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS®) version 23 software. Results: The average direct cost per episode of uncomplicated malaria was estimated at NGN 2808.37/USD 7.39, while the indirect average money equivalence of the time lost due to the ailment was estimated at NGN 2717/USD 7.55, giving an average cost of treating uncomplicated malaria borne by patients in Plateau State per episode to be NGN 5525.37/USD 14.94. The projected annual cost of the disease was NGN 9, 921,671,307.22 (USD 27, 560,198.08). Conclusions: The study showed substantial financial costs borne by patients due to uncomplicated malaria in Plateau State, comprising 50.83% of direct cost and 49.17% of the indirect cost of medications. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
Infectious Disease Epidemiology; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021093Test |
| DOI: |
10.3390/ijerph20021093 |
| الإتاحة: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021093Test |
| حقوق: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/ |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.ECE35A37 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
