Table 1 Classification tree variables
Type | Variable | Levels |
|---|---|---|
Health facility-related | Type of health facility | Hospital |
Health Centre | ||
Dispensary | ||
Ownership of health facility | Public | |
Private | ||
Any artemether lumefantrine available in health facility today | No | |
Yes | ||
Supplies to administer oral medications available | No | |
Yes | ||
Availability of any scale in the health facility | No | |
Yes | ||
No stock-outs of artemether lumefantrine in previous 90 days | No | |
Yes | ||
Health worker-related | Mode of diagnosis | Laboratory confirm |
Presumptive diagnosis | ||
Health workers' cadre | Medical Officer/ Doctor | |
Medical Assistant/ Clinical Officer | ||
Nurse and lower level cadres | ||
Health worker sex | Male | |
Female | ||
Health worker age | Continuous variable | |
Patient seen by health worker with medical training | No | |
Yes | ||
Possession of national malaria guideline | No | |
Yes | ||
Possession of national malaria wall chart | No | |
Yes | ||
Patient- related | Total number of diagnoses presented on a single visit | Continuous variable |
Age group of the patients | Less than 5 yrs | |
5-14 yrs | ||
15 yrs and above | ||
Patient treated with artemether lumefantrine | No | |
Yes | ||
Patient sex | Male | |
Female | ||
Transmission season | High season | |
Low season | ||
Patient seen by health worker who trained on use of new anti-malarial | No | |
Yes | ||
Patient seen by experienced health worker | No | |
Yes | ||
Patient seen by health worker supervised within previous six months | No | |
Yes | ||
Patient seen by health worker with IMCI training | No | |
Yes |