Table 1

Drug use indicators derived from questionnaire

Objective of malaria drug policy

Indicator

Increase treatment from trained provider

% of people with fever who went to a trained provider

Increase use of biological diagnosis

% of people with fever who had a biological diagnosis

Reduce delay in treatment

% of people who receive modern drugs within 48 hours of symptoms

Correct drug choice

% of first-line drug (artesunate and mefloquine) as proportion of modern drugs

Decrease use of artemisinin monotherapy

% of artemisinin monotherapy as a proportion of all artemisinin use

Adherence to ACT

% of people who take artesunate and mefloquine for at least 3 days

Reduce patient costs

Median drug cost of treatment

Yeung et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:96   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-96