From: Changes in health workers' malaria diagnosis and treatment practices in Kenya
Patients aged ≥ 5 years | Health facilities with diagnostics | Health facilities without diagnostics | All health facilities | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Positive test N = 165 (%) | Negative test N = 119 (%) | Test not done N = 245 (%) | All patients N = 473 (%) | Total N = 1,002 (%) |
AL | 143 (86.7) | 39 (32.8) | 142 (58.0) | 327 (69.1) | 651 (65.0) |
SP | 1 (0.6) | 16 (13.5) | 9 (3.7) | 12 (2.5) | 38 (3.8) |
AL+QN | 12 (7.3) | 2 (1.7) | 0 | 16 (3.4) | 30 (3.0)* |
QN | 6 (3.6) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0.4) | 7 (1.5) | 16 (1.6) |
AQ | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1) |
Other AM | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.4) †|
No AM prescribed | 2 (1.2) | 59 (49.6) | 92 (37.6) | 109 (23.0) | 262 (26.2) |
Any AM prescribed | 163 (98.8) | 60 (50.4) | 153 (62.5) | 364 (77.0) | 740 (73.9) |
Antibiotic prescribed | 90 (54.6) | 92 (82.4) | 169 (69.0) | 333 (70.4) | 690 (68.9) |