Ipa, Mara and Laksono, Agung Dwi and Astuti, Endang Puji and Prasetyowati, Heni and Pradani, Firda Yanuar and Hendri, Joni and Ruliansyah, Andri and Surendra, Henry and Elyazar, Iqbal R. F. (2021) Sub-national disparities in accessing anti-malarial drug treatment in eastern Indonesia. BMC Public Health, 21 (1). ISSN 14712458
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Background: Poor access to health care providers was among the contributing factors to less prompt and ineffective malaria treatment. This limitation could cause severe diseases in remote areas. This study examined the sub-national disparities and predictors in accessing anti-malarial drug treatment among adults in Eastern Indonesia. Methods: The study analyzed a subset of the 2018 National Basic Health Survey conducted in all 34 provinces in Indonesia. We extracted socio-demographic data of 4655 adult respondents diagnosed with malaria in the past 12 months in five provinces in Eastern Indonesia. The association between socio-demographic factors and the access to anti-malarial drug treatment was assessed using logistic regression. Results: Over 20 of respondents diagnosed with malaria within last 12 months admitted that they did not receive anti-malarial drug treatment (range 12–29.9). The proportion of untreated cases was 12.0 in East Nusa Tenggara, 29.9 in Maluku, 23.1 in North Maluku, 12.7 in West Papua, and 15.6 in Papua. The likelihood of receiving anti-malarial drug treatment was statistically lower in Maluku (adjusted OR = 0.258; 95 CI 0.161–0.143) and North Maluku (adjusted OR = 0.473; 95 CI 0.266–0.840) than those in Eastern Nusa Tenggara (reference). Urban respondents were less likely to receive malaria treatment than rural (adjusted OR = 0.545; 95 CI 0.431–0.689). Conclusions: This study found that there were sub-national disparities in accessing anti-malarial drug treatment in Eastern Indonesia, with a high proportion of untreated malaria cases across the areas. Findings from this study could be used as baseline information to improve access to anti-malarial drug treatment and better target malaria intervention in Eastern Indonesia. © 2021, The Author(s).
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Cited by: 1; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adult; Antimalarials; Humans; Indonesia; Malaria; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Rural Population; antimalarial agent; drug; adult; human; Indonesia; malaria; rural population |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RP Public Health and Nutrition |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing > Biomedical Sciences |
Depositing User: | Sri JUNANDI |
Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2024 03:22 |
Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2024 03:22 |
URI: | https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/4478 |