Socioeconomic correlates and the choice of treatment for childhood fever in Ghana

Arthur, Eric

doi:10.11564/28-0-548

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“…The result also revealed that those caretakers from higher wealth seek more formal health care compared to the lower wealth. This is also similar to the studies done in Nepal, Cambodia, and Ghana [ 4 , 17 , 23 ]. This is mainly because caretakers need resources to get service from health facilities.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Less Than One-Third of Caretakers Sought Formal Health Care Facilities for Common Childhood Illnesses in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

Gebretsadik

Worku

Berhane

2015

International Journal of Family Medicine

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Background. Most of the childhood illnesses can be proven with effective interventions. However, countless children die needlessly in developing countries due to the failure of their guardians to seek care timely. The aim of this study was to assess health care seeking behavior of caretakers of children under the age of five years for treatment of common childhood illnesses. Methods. Further analysis of the Ethiopian 2011 demographic and health survey was done. All children under the age of five reported to have been ill from the three common childhood illnesses and their caretakers were included in the analysis. A complex sample logistic regression model was employed to determine factors associated with the health care seeking behavior of caretakers. Result. A total of 2,842 caregivers who reported that their index child had at least one of the three common childhood illnesses in the two weeks preceding the survey were captured, of which 849 (29.87%; 95% CI: 28, 32%) sought formal health care facilities. Conclusion and Recommendation. In Ethiopia health care seeking behavior of caretakers for common childhood illnesses is low. Increasing mass media exposure can possibly improve the health seeking behavior of caretakers.

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confidence: 91%

Less Than One-Third of Caretakers Sought Formal Health Care Facilities for Common Childhood Illnesses in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

Gebretsadik

Worku

Berhane

2015

International Journal of Family Medicine

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“…This is because aging mothers might have given birth severally and hence have better experiences with regards to appropriate child health seeking behaviour relative to younger mothers. This finding is similar to the results of Arthur (2014) in the case of private or mobile clinics. The negative coefficient of birth order which was significant at 5% implied that increasing birth order decreased the likelihood of children being sent first to a government health facility relative to self-medication/traditional source.…”

Section: Regression Analysissupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Thus maternal insurance increases the likelihood of seeking care for children with fever or cough initially from government health facilities. This is similar to the findings on Ghana by Arthur (2014) Mothers with big problems in getting permission to seek selfmedical care were revealed to be more likely to first resort to selfmedication/Traditional practitioners for childhood fever or cough relative to Private health facility or provider/field worker/mobile clinic/maternity home. Thus since mothers normally seek care for their children, if there are difficulties in securing permission to seek medical care for mothers, it would affect child health seeking behaviour negatively.…”

Section: Regression Analysissupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Thus seeking care first from self-medication/traditional practitioner for children with fever or cough increased with increasing birth order. This finding conflicts that of Arthur (2014) and could be explained by the reason that, mothers might think they have had enough experiences in taking good care of their children from their previous births and hence would prefer self-medication for their subsequent births. However, this is disturbing because subsequent births equally need more appropriate health care since mothers would be aging and hence would not be healthy as the case of their previous births when they were relatively younger.…”

Section: Regression Analysismentioning

confidence: 66%

“…Having secondary education was also found to increase the utilisation of private hospitals/clinics and public health centres/clinics over informal care whiles wealth status of the household was revealed to influence the usage of regional/district hospitals over informal providers. Arthur (2014) revealed that higher wealth status and maternal health insurance increased the likelihood of receiving care for children from a Government health facility. Also rural household children excluding those with maternal health insurance were more probable to get traditional or self-medication whiles increases in mothers age and birth rank were revealed to increase and decrease the probability of using private/mobile clinics and traditional/self-medication respectively.…”

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confidence: 99%

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What factors influence the choice of first healthcare provider for childhood fever or cough in Ghana?

Immurana

Arabi

2016

IJM

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Malaria and Pneumonia are major killers of children underfive. However, fever and cough are major signs of Malaria and Pneumonia respectively and hence making proper management of fever and cough indispensable in the fight against underfive mortality. This study therefore investigated the factors that influence the choice of first healthcare provider for children with fever or cough in Ghana. The study used the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) as the main source of data. By employing the multinomial probit model, the study found that urban children, children with higher birth rank, older children, children from the Ga/Dangme, Akan, MoleDagbani, Ewe, Mande and Gurma ethnicity and children of mothers with big problems with regards to permission and distance to seek self-medical care were more likely to be given self-medication or to be sent to a traditional practitioner initially for fever or cough. Contrary, mothers with health insurance, aging mothers and wealthy households were less likely to first resort to self-medication or a traditional practitioner in order to seek care for children with fever or cough. The study therefore concludes that ethnicity, residence, permission and distance to seek medical care by mother, mother's health insurance, household wealth, child's age, mother's age and birth order are the factors that influence the choice of first healthcare provider for children with fever or cough in Ghana.

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The effect of the price of time on healthcare provider choice in Ghana

Sarkodie

2022

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The existing literature confirms that the cost of treatment affects the choice of a particular healthcare provider. The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme was established in 2003 to reduce the cost of healthcare provision and increase access to healthcare. However, we find that that even when the price is assumed to be “zero”, there remain some economic costs for choosing a particular healthcare provider over the other. This is called the price of time or opportunity cost. The study uses data from the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7) conducted in 2016/2017 and employs multinomial probit regression as the technique for the analysis. The study finds that travel time and waiting time have significant effects on the choice of healthcare provider. If travel time and waiting time increase by 1 h, it will decrease the probability of seeking healthcare by 12% and 17%, respectively. Travel cost was not found to have a significant effect. The recommendations are that policymakers should make the effort to decrease travel time and waiting time at the health facilities in the country to improve healthcare delivery.

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Socioeconomic correlates and the choice of treatment for childhood fever in Ghana

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Cited by 7 publications

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Less Than One-Third of Caretakers Sought Formal Health Care Facilities for Common Childhood Illnesses in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

Less Than One-Third of Caretakers Sought Formal Health Care Facilities for Common Childhood Illnesses in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

What factors influence the choice of first healthcare provider for childhood fever or cough in Ghana?

The effect of the price of time on healthcare provider choice in Ghana

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