The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
Volume 24, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 216-220

Economic analysis of malaria control for migrant workers in eastern Thailand. (Article)

Kamolratanakul P.* , Dhanamun B. , Prasittisuk C. , Grisso J.A.
  • a Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • b Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • c Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • d Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Abstract

A randomized, double-blind field trial was carried out to compare the economic impact of permethrin-treated nets with that of untreated nets as a method of malaria control. The study was conducted in 261 long-term migrant workers and 138 seasonal agricultural migrant workers in the eastern rural areas known to be highly endemic for multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection. One hundred and twenty-six longterm migrants and 59 seasonal migrants used treated nets, while 135 and 79, respectively, used untreated nets. The impregnated-nets program was cost-saving as well as offering improved effectiveness. The net benefit of using a treated net was US$1.17 per worker from the Malaria Division's perspective and US$1.61 per worker from the worker viewpoint. The use of impregnated nets with large-scale primary health care programs likely will be the most cost-effective and cost-beneficial method for controlling malaria in eastern Thailand.

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controlled clinical trial Cost benefit analysis Costs and Cost Analysis economics cost clinical trial Thailand double blind procedure human controlled study randomized controlled trial Humans pilot study primary prevention Double-Blind Method Article migration Malaria, Falciparum malaria falciparum Transients and Migrants cost-benefit analysis Pilot Projects
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ISSN: 01251562
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English