The Economic Cost of Malaria and the Behaviour of Farmers towards Malaria Care in Amansie East and Kwaebibbrem Districts of Ghana

Abstract

The study focused on malaria care seeking behavior of farm households in general. Time and money costs of care, the impact of socio-economic factors affecting health care seeking behavior and household choice of malaria care providers were investigated. The findings show that households appear to be more sensitive to time costs in choosing malaria care providers. The report presents direct costs and indirect costs of treating an episode of malaria and also traced malaria treatment behavior