The economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.advisorMcIntyre, Dien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChandiwana, Shingirai Daviden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-08T08:02:49Z
dc.date.available2014-11-08T08:02:49Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 135-147).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents the findings of a research on the economic burden of malaria morbidity to rural households in Mtoko district of North-East Zimbabwe. The main objective of this study was to ascertain the household level impacts of direct costs (medical costs, consultation costs, transport costs and other related costs) and indirect costs (lost productive time by malaria sufferers whilst sick, lost time by caretakers whilst caring for the sick) due to malaria sickness. A cross sectional study with both descriptive and analytical features was carried out and the main finding from the research was that the economic costs of seeking malaria care were regressive. In other words the poor were using a higher percentage of their income whilst seeking malaria care. In addition, access to care was very limited for the poor as they either could not afford to access the care because of prohibitive costs or they were geographically too far away from sources of care to easily access it. Furthermore, indirect costs were far higher than direct costs as they constituted a greater percentage of total malaria costs. It was concluded that measures meant to exempt the poor from paying for malaria treatment and care were needed to limit the economic burden of malaria morbidity on poor households. The need to ensure that cheap affordable malaria drugs were available to the affected rural people is imperative.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationChandiwana, S. D. (2006). <i>The economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabwe</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9342en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChandiwana, Shingirai David. <i>"The economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabwe."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9342en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChandiwana, S. 2006. The economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabwe. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Chandiwana, Shingirai David AB - This thesis presents the findings of a research on the economic burden of malaria morbidity to rural households in Mtoko district of North-East Zimbabwe. The main objective of this study was to ascertain the household level impacts of direct costs (medical costs, consultation costs, transport costs and other related costs) and indirect costs (lost productive time by malaria sufferers whilst sick, lost time by caretakers whilst caring for the sick) due to malaria sickness. A cross sectional study with both descriptive and analytical features was carried out and the main finding from the research was that the economic costs of seeking malaria care were regressive. In other words the poor were using a higher percentage of their income whilst seeking malaria care. In addition, access to care was very limited for the poor as they either could not afford to access the care because of prohibitive costs or they were geographically too far away from sources of care to easily access it. Furthermore, indirect costs were far higher than direct costs as they constituted a greater percentage of total malaria costs. It was concluded that measures meant to exempt the poor from paying for malaria treatment and care were needed to limit the economic burden of malaria morbidity on poor households. The need to ensure that cheap affordable malaria drugs were available to the affected rural people is imperative. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - The economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabwe TI - The economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabwe UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9342 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9342
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChandiwana SD. The economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabwe. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9342en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentHealth Economics Uniten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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dc.titleThe economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabween_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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