Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
There is little evidence on the impact of malaria control on the health system, particularly at the facility level. Using retrospective, longitudinal facility-level and patient record data from two hospitals in Zambia, we report a pre-post comparison of hospital admissions and outpatient visits for malaria and estimated costs incurred for malaria admissions before and after malaria control scale-up. The results show a substantial reduction in inpatient admissions and outpatient visits for malaria at both hospitals after the scale-up, and malaria cases accounted for a smaller proportion of total hospital visits over time. Hospital spending on malaria admissions also decreased. In one hospital, malaria accounted for 11% of total hospital spending before large-scale malaria control compared with < 1% after malaria control. The findings demonstrate that facility-level resources are freed up as malaria is controlled, potentially making these resources available for other diseases and conditions.
Recommended Citation
Comfort, A. B.; van Dijk, J. H.; Thuma, Philip; Mharakurwa, S.; Gabert, R.; Korde, S.; Stillman, K.; Nachbar, N.; Derriennic, Y.; Musau, S.; Hamazakaza, P.; Zyambo, K. D.; Zyongwe, N. M.; and Hamainza, B., "Hospitalizations and Costs Incurred at the Facility Level After Scale-Up of Malaria Control: Pre-Post Comparisons From Two Hospitals in Zambia" (2014). Biology Educator Scholarship. 176.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/bio_ed/176
Comments
Comfort, A., et al. (2014). Hospitalizations and costs incurred at the facility level after scale-up of malaria control: Pre-post comparisons from two hospitals in Zambia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 90(1) 20-32.
© 2014 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0019.
Comfort, A. B., van Dijk, J. H., Mharakurwa, S., Stillman, K., Gabert, R., Korde, S., Nachbar, N., Derriennic, Y., Musau, S., Hamazakaza, P., Zyambo, K. D., Zyongwe, N. M., Hamainza, B., & Thuma, P. E. (2014). Hospitalizations and costs incurred at the facility level after scale-up of malaria control: Pre-post comparisons from two hospitals in zambia. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90(1), 20–32. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0019