Information and other Factors Influencing Treatment Expenditures Incurred by Buruli Ulcer Sufferers in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality of Ghana

Abstract

We analyzed the factors influencing the treatment expenditures incurred by sufferers of Buruli ulcer disease in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana using a random sampling survey. The factors analyzed in the study included the information about the disease available to the sufferers related to time and the stage of the disease that sufferers reported the disease to health clinics and hospitals. We showed that the factors that significantly influenced treatment expenditures included the income of the sufferer, early reporting of the disease to clinics, and the employment status of the sufferer. Higher-income people spent more money to treat the disease than those with lower incomes. People who were unemployed spent relatively money in treati ng the disease as compared to those who were employed. With increasing incomes, sufferers who reported the disease to clinics in the early stages of the disease, incurred relatively less costs compared to those of similar high -income group of sufferers who reported the disease to clinics at the ulcerative stage of the disease

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