Provider knowledge of treatment policy and dosing regimen with artemether-lumefantrine and quinine in malaria-endemic areas of western Kenya

Table 3 Provider knowledge of treatment policy by outlet type

Treatment policy		Public	Private	Not-for-profit	P- value
Treatment policy		n = 126	n = 96	n = 66	P- value
First-line treatment with AL	Correctly	126 (100.0%)	49 (51.0%)	65 (98.4%)	<0.0001*
First-line treatment with AL	Incorrectly	0 (0.00%)	47 (49.0%)	1 (1.6%)	<0.0001*
Second-line treatment with quinine	Correctly	121 (96.0%)	46 (47.9%)	55 (83.3)%	<0.0001*
Second-line treatment with quinine	Incorrectly	5 (4.0%)	50 (52.1)	11 (16.7%)	<0.0001*

Analyses performed by Chi-square tests. * Statistically significant at P ≤ 0.05.

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