Cost benefit analysis of malaria rapid diagnostic test: the perspective of Nigerian community pharmacists
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- 作者：Ifeoma Jovita Ezennia ; Sunday Odunke Nduka ; Obinna Ikechukwu Ekwunife
- 关键词：Malaria ; Rapid diagnostic test ; Cost ; benefit analysis ; Willingness ; to ; pay ; Contingent valuation ; Community pharmacy ; Nigeria
- 刊名：Malaria Journal
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1367KB
- 刊物主题：Parasitology; Tropical Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Entomology; Microbiology; Public Health;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1475-2875
- 卷排序：16
文摘
BackgroundIn 2010, the World Health Organization issued a guideline that calls for a shift from presumptive to test-based treatment. However, test-based treatment is still unpopular in community pharmacies. This could be due to unwillingness of customers to spend extra finance on rapid diagnostic test (RDT). It could also result from lack of interest from community pharmacists since they may perceive no financial gain attached to this service. This study assessed the cost-benefit of test-based malaria treatment to community pharmacists.