Table 5 Self reported malaria, treatment sources and direct cost burdens among case study households over 8 months.
Household | Self reported malaria | Number of times household used type of treatment | Average monthly cost burdens (%) | Outcome at end of the research | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Total episodes | Per capita episodes | Shops | Dispensary | Private | Herbs | Healer | Â | Â |
1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19.6 | Declined |
2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 | Declined |
3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | Declined |
4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | Declined |
5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.3 | Declined |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12.1 | Stable |
7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | Stable |
8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.1 | Stable |
9 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7.3 | Improved |
10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | Declined |
11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Stable |
12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | Stable |
13 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | Improved |
14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | Improved |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Improved |
Total | 119 | Â | 48 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 5 | Â | Â |