Cost of treating inpatient falciparum malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border

• Main Authors: Kyaw, Shwe Sin, Tom Drake, Ronatrai Ruangveerayuth, Wirongrong Chierakul, White, Nicholas J, Newton, Paul N, Yoel Lubell
• Other Authors: Mahidol University. Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Open Access article; Artesunate; Quinine; Cost; Severe malaria; Malaria
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/3072
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: Despite demonstrated benefits and World Health Organization (WHO) endorsement, parenteral artesunate is the recommended treatment for patients with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in only one fifth of endemic countries. One possible reason for this slow uptake is that a treatment...