Acceptance of short course artesunate plus mefloquine drug combination by malaria patients in rural Myanmar.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1999 Sep; 30(3): 418-20
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-32905
ABSTRACT
A cross sectional study was carried out in a rural area of Myanmar to identify malaria patients' acceptance of artesunate plus mefloquine drug combination and to determine the cost borne by patients. The majority (88.5%) preferred this new regimen rather than the other ones they had used before; conviction of drug efficacy was the reason given for the preference by most of them. Traveling on foot to rural health centers or a health assistant's residence for getting the drugs was found to be the main route. Average cost incurred by a patient to get the drug was found to be 274.22 Kyats. Among the cost items, drug cost was the highest item that they had used.
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Índice:
IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Sesquiterpenos
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Mefloquina
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Estudos Transversais
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Adolescente
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Cooperação do Paciente
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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