title: [Health-care demand and disease-related health-care costs in Senegal].
abstract: This study questioned Senegalese households to assess their annual health-care costs and study their health-care utilization and demand. In this random sample of 449 households, 5520 individuals in eight neighborhoods in the city of Pikine (Senegal) were interviewed four separate times from December 2010 through November 2011. Each household member was asked about his or her treatment itinerary and health-care costs. Of 1066 episodes of illness reported, 57% were presumed to be malaria. Self-medication was the treatment choice for 28% of the sample. The mean health-care cost per episode was 6846 FCFA (∼10 euros), but this average masks strong disparities.
authors.affiliation: Cerdi-CNRS, université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. moussa.dieng@etu.udamail.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dieng
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D012675:Senegal
keywords: Senegal; healthcare costs