A study of malaria care provider choice in Ghana

Title: A study of malaria care provider choice in Ghana
Creator: Dzator, Janet; Asafu-Adjaye, John
Relation: Health Policy Vol. 69, Issue 3, p. 389-401
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.01.005
Publisher: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2004
Description: Improved understanding of the factors that influence malaria care seeking behaviour is necessary in order to enhance the effectiveness of current malaria control strategies. This paper empirically examines the factors that affect household choice of malaria treatment options in Ghana. The treatment options considered were choice of a public provider of health care, a private provider, purchase of drugs from a drug store, or self-medication. The results indicate that treatment and time costs are significant factors affecting the choice of health care provider. Education and household size also play an important role in malaria care seeking behaviour. The demand for malaria care is inelastic with respect to costs, and the magnitudes of the elasticities suggest that malaria care is a necessity. The policy implications are addressed.
Subject: malaria; health care provider choice; multinomial logit model
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/27659
Identifier: uon:1885
Identifier: ISSN:0168-8510
Language: eng
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