Win L L, Shwe T, Lwin M, Aung S, Zaw A K, Mar K K
Department of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Myanmar.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1999 Sep;30(3):418-20.
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.
