Table 4.

Treatment-seeking behavior of the study participants for a self-reported malaria-like illness episode

Characteristics	Number (n = 391)	Percentage
Experience of suffering from malaria-like illness in their home countries
Yes	18	4.6
No	370	94.6
Unknown	3	0.8
Experience of suffering from malaria-like illness in Lao PDR
Yes	39	10.0
No	352	90.0
Behavior of the study participants for the malaria-like illness episode that occurred in Lao PDR (n = 39)
Visited a health center/hospital in Lao PDR	23	59.0
Visited a health center/hospital in Vietnam	1	2.6
Conducted self-medication alone	6	15.4
Took a rest alone	6	15.4
Unknown	3	7.7
Conducted self-medication prior to the visit to the health center/hospital in Lao PDR/Vietnam (n = 24)
Yes	11	45.8
No	13	54.2