Factors influencing choice of care seeking for acute fever comparing private chemical shops with health centres and hospitals in Ghana: A study using case-control methodology

Ansah, E and Whitty, C (2015). Factors influencing choice of care seeking for acute fever comparing private chemical shops with health centres and hospitals in Ghana: A study using case-control methodology. [Dataset]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. 10.17037/DATA.36.

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An anonymised dataset containing information on demographic, socio-economic and health seeking behaviour for 600 patients who attended chemical sellers and health centres in Dangme West District, Ghana. It was collected using structured questionnaire between November 2012 and January 2013 as part of a case-control study to examine patient's treatment seeking practices.

Keywords

Fever; Private sector; Chemical sellers; Health facilities; Treatment seeking; Ghana

Item Type	Dataset
Resource Type	Resource Type Resource Description Dataset UNSPECIFIED
Description of data capture	All data were double entered into EpiData and analysed in Stata in an anonymised form.
Capture method	Questionnaire: Fixed form - Paper
Collection Period	From To 22 November 2012 30 January 2013
Date	15 November 2015
Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)	North Latitude East Longitude South Latitude West Longitude 5.97148 0.22625 5.85469 0.169258
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Ansah, E and Whitty, C
Associated roles	Whitty, C (Principal Investigator); Ansah, E (Principal Investigator); Gyapong, M (Co-Investigator); Nah-Bana, S (Co-Investigator) and Bart-Plange, C (Co-Investigator)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Ghana; National Malaria Control Programme, Ghana Health Service, Ghana
Funders	Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI Dangme CommRDT Study Wellcome Trust 51941 UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Date Deposited	08 Feb 2016 10:55
Last Modified	28 Sep 2018 21:17
Publisher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine