A comparative study of cost and quality of care of malaria treatment in public and private health facilities in Nigeria a case study of Lagos state

The study explores the cost and quality of malaria care in public and private heatlh facilties at the primary health level in an urban community in south western Nigeria. A pre-tested questionnaire is adminstered to patients attending either public or private health facilities to estimate the direct and indirect cost of accessing healthcare services. Costs was estimated from the providers's perspective by using interviews and review of financial records to assess the total and unit cost of such services. Structural quality (adequacy of equipment and staff mix) and process quality (interpersonal relationship, use of treatment guidelines and algorithms) are assessed using structured checklist, observation and proxies such as patients' satisfaction.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Health Economics Unit

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Dele, Araoyinbo Idowu

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Sinanovic, Edina

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9463

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9463