León Poblete, Erik Eriksson, Andreas Hellström, Russ Glennon
User involvement and value co-creation in well-being ecosystems
Journal of health organization and management
inadequate health literacy increases medical costs leads poor health outcomes however paucity empirical evidence associations subsaharan africa study investigates household cost malaria children five ghana varies based different levels health literacy crosssectional survey involving 1270 caregivers children five conducted survey included health literacy questionnaire several pieces sociodemographic behavioural variables created seven caregiver health literacy profiles scoring nine dimensions mean total cost managing malaria among respondents us2029 per episode total household cost caregivers high health literacy profile 1 us2477 higher profiles lowest cost us1793 among low health literacy profile profile 6 compared profile 4 caregivers high health literacy profile 1 spent managing malaria children lowest health literacy profile 7 spent less current study presents snapshot malaria treatment costs argues low health literacy may lead increased costs due possible reinfections delayed healthcare use need longitudinal studies understand causal relationship health literacy household expenses malaria treatment inform policy development interventions study explores impact caregiver health literacy levels cost managing malaria incidents children five ghana high healthliterate caregivers incurred highest total household cost us2477 us1793 incurred lower healthliterate caregivers per malaria episode