The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.

<h4>Objective</h4>To estimate the direct and indirect costs of meningitis to households in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana.<h4>Methods</h4>A Cost of illness (COI) survey was conducted between 2010 and 2011. The COI was computed from a retrospective review of 80 meningit...

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Autores principales:	Patricia Akweongo, Maxwell A Dalaba, Mary H Hayden, Timothy Awine, Gertrude N Nyaaba, Dominic Anaseba, Abraham Hodgson, Abdulai A Forgor, Rajul Pandya
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:91a62b94cee447dfa4c9b3c8140f93b12021-11-18T08:45:17ZThe economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0079880https://doaj.org/article/91a62b94cee447dfa4c9b3c8140f93b12013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24278203/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Objective</h4>To estimate the direct and indirect costs of meningitis to households in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana.<h4>Methods</h4>A Cost of illness (COI) survey was conducted between 2010 and 2011. The COI was computed from a retrospective review of 80 meningitis cases answers to questions about direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs incurred and productivity losses due to recent meningitis incident.<h4>Results</h4>The average direct and indirect costs of treating meningitis in the district was GH¢152.55 (US$101.7) per household. This is equivalent to about two months minimum wage earned by Ghanaians in unskilled paid jobs in 2009. Households lost 29 days of work per meningitis case and thus those in minimum wage paid jobs lost a monthly minimum wage of GH¢76.85 (US$51.23) due to the illness. Patients who were insured spent an average of GH¢38.5 (US$25.67) in direct medical costs whiles the uninsured patients spent as much as GH¢177.9 (US$118.6) per case. Patients with sequelae incurred additional costs of GH¢22.63 (US$15.08) per case. The least poor were more exposed to meningitis than the poorest.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Meningitis is a debilitating but preventable disease that affects people living in the Sahel and in poorer conditions. The cost of meningitis treatment may further lead to impoverishment for these households. Widespread mass vaccination will save households' an equivalent of GH¢175.18 (US$117) and impairment due to meningitis.Patricia AkweongoMaxwell A DalabaMary H HaydenTimothy AwineGertrude N NyaabaDominic AnasebaAbraham HodgsonAbdulai A ForgorRajul PandyaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 11, p e79880 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Patricia Akweongo Maxwell A Dalaba Mary H Hayden Timothy Awine Gertrude N Nyaaba Dominic Anaseba Abraham Hodgson Abdulai A Forgor Rajul Pandya The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.
description	<h4>Objective</h4>To estimate the direct and indirect costs of meningitis to households in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana.<h4>Methods</h4>A Cost of illness (COI) survey was conducted between 2010 and 2011. The COI was computed from a retrospective review of 80 meningitis cases answers to questions about direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs incurred and productivity losses due to recent meningitis incident.<h4>Results</h4>The average direct and indirect costs of treating meningitis in the district was GH¢152.55 (US$101.7) per household. This is equivalent to about two months minimum wage earned by Ghanaians in unskilled paid jobs in 2009. Households lost 29 days of work per meningitis case and thus those in minimum wage paid jobs lost a monthly minimum wage of GH¢76.85 (US$51.23) due to the illness. Patients who were insured spent an average of GH¢38.5 (US$25.67) in direct medical costs whiles the uninsured patients spent as much as GH¢177.9 (US$118.6) per case. Patients with sequelae incurred additional costs of GH¢22.63 (US$15.08) per case. The least poor were more exposed to meningitis than the poorest.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Meningitis is a debilitating but preventable disease that affects people living in the Sahel and in poorer conditions. The cost of meningitis treatment may further lead to impoverishment for these households. Widespread mass vaccination will save households' an equivalent of GH¢175.18 (US$117) and impairment due to meningitis.
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author	Patricia Akweongo Maxwell A Dalaba Mary H Hayden Timothy Awine Gertrude N Nyaaba Dominic Anaseba Abraham Hodgson Abdulai A Forgor Rajul Pandya
author_facet	Patricia Akweongo Maxwell A Dalaba Mary H Hayden Timothy Awine Gertrude N Nyaaba Dominic Anaseba Abraham Hodgson Abdulai A Forgor Rajul Pandya
author_sort	Patricia Akweongo
title	The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.
title_short	The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.
title_full	The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.
title_fullStr	The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.
title_full_unstemmed	The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.
title_sort	economic burden of meningitis to households in kassena-nankana district of northern ghana.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/91a62b94cee447dfa4c9b3c8140f93b1
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The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.

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