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Choice of Malaria Care Services in Sissala West District in the Upper West Region of Ghana

Ghana Journal of Development Studies

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Title Choice of Malaria Care Services in Sissala West District in the Upper West Region of Ghana
 
Creator Tonsuglo, A
Aglobitse, PB
Kuunibe, N
 
Subject Choice, Multinomial Logit, Marginal Effects, Self-medication, Indirect Costs
 
Description Malaria poses a threat to the Ghanaian health system and a huge burden to the economy. In the Sissala West District, the trend of Out-Patients Department (OPD) attendance due to malaria keeps increasing even though the national figures show a decline. The study investigates malaria care provider choice in Sissala West District, using a multinomial logistic regression model. A cross-sectional survey design was used and data was collected from 400 malaria infected individuals or their caretakers in the district. The results showed that travel time and waiting time negatively influence the choice of all categories of malaria care providers in the district. Similarly, cost of treatment negatively influence self-medication and consultation at chemical store. The income level of respondents also influences self-medication and traditional medical practitioner while severity of infection influences the choice of chemical store and selfmedication. The study recommends the provision of more health facilities in the district, the intensification of public education on malaria prevention and control and the monitoring of the use of affordable anti-malaria drugs such as the Artemisinin based Combination Therapy (ACTs).Key words: Choice, Multinomial Logit, Marginal Effects, Self-medication, Indirect Costs
 
Publisher Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development Studies
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2014-06-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/104419
10.4314/gjds.v11i1.5
 
Source Ghana Journal of Development Studies; Vol 11, No 1 (2014); 78-92
0855-6768
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/104419/94498
 
Rights Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development Studies, Ghana