Economic Burden of Malaria in the Brazilian Amazon, 2019-2022

1,131 individuals who experienced a malaria episode between January 2019 and May 2022 were surveyed across nine municipalities in five states of the Brazilian Amazon. The total economic burden of malaria in the Amazon in 2019 was approximately US$181.9 million PPP-USD. This dataset, authored by Monica Viegas Andrade and shared on figshare, provides a detailed estimate of direct, indirect, and HRQoL costs.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of malaria's economic burden between public health systems and households based on cost share data.
• Model the impact of indirect and mortality costs on household finances based on survey-derived estimates.
• Compare the economic burden across different states in the Brazilian Amazon based on the reported state-level data.
• Inform resource allocation for malaria control and prevention programs based on the detailed cost breakdown.

Strengths

• Data is based on a survey of 1,131 individuals across nine municipalities.
• Costs are monetized and converted to a standard 2024 purchasing power parity US dollars (PPP-USD) for comparability.
• The study provides a total economic burden estimate of US$181.9 million PPP-USD for 2019.

Limitations

• The study used convenience sampling, which may limit generalizability.
• Potential recall bias regarding expenditures is noted, though mitigated by surveying items and quantities.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Monica Viegas Andrade via figshare.

Collection Method

Public health expenditures derived from a previous study; household costs and HRQoL losses estimated via a household survey.

Time Range

Survey covers malaria episodes between January 2019 and May 2022; total burden estimate is for 2019.

Freshness

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Geography

Nine municipalities across five states in the Brazilian Amazon (Amazonas, Pará, Roraima mentioned).