The Economic Impact of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

Table 1

Health care seeking information of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients.

Variable	Number of patients ()
Type of health care provider first visited
Private clinic	2 (3%)
Rural public hospitals	51 (73%)
Public hospital	17 (24%)
Number of health care providers visited
1	17 (24%)
2	53 (76%)
Visits till diagnosis for CL
1	0 (-)
2	22 (31%)
3	48 (69%)
Mode of transportation to first health care provider
Own motor vehicle	4 (6%)
Bus	66 (94%)
Mode of transportation to treatment facility
Own motor vehicle	3 (4%)
Bus	67 (96%)
One way distance to the treatment facility from home (km)
21-30	0 (-)
31-40	2 (3%)
41-50	27 (38%)
51-60	23 (33%)
61-70	4 (6%)
71-80	4 (6%)
80 <	10 (14%)
Number of productive days lost due to infection at the end of treatments
7	1 (1.4 %)
8	9 (12.9%)
9	13 (18.6%)
10	25 (35.7%)
11	16 (22.9)
12	2 (2.9%)
13	1 (1.4 %)
16	1 (1.4 %)
18	1 (1.4 %)
21	1 (1.4 %)
Number of attending family members who lost productive days because of the patient
0	39 (56%)
1	31 (44%)