Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all patients included in the survey, by HDSS site
Facility/patients characteristic | All sites: N = 1471(%) | Rufiji: n = 710 (%) | K/U: n = 761 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Type of health facility: | |||
Seen in dispensaries | 1037 (70.5) | 477 (67.2) | 560 (73.6) |
Seen in health centers | 403 (27.4) | 202 (28.5) | 201 (26.4) |
Seen in hospitals | 31 (2.1) | 31 (4.4) | 0 |
Health facility ownership: | |||
Seen in Public HFs | 1179 (80.0) | 543 76.5) | 636 (83.6) |
Seen in Non-public HFs | 292 (20.0) | 167 (23.5) | 125 (16.4) |
Availability: | |||
Seen in HF with functioning scale for all age | 1428 (97.0) | 697 (98.2) | 731 (96.1) |
Seen in HF with malaria diagnostic capacity | 881 (60.0) | 527 (74.2) | 354 (46.5) |
Seen in HF AL in stock | 1268 (86.2) | 666 (93.8) | 602 (79.1) |
Seen in HF with treatment reference materials | 1293 (87.9) | 604 (85.1) | 689 (94.4) |
Health worker (HW) factors: | |||
Seen by HW trained on AL use | 837 (57.0) | 219 (30.9) | 618 (81.2) |
Seen by HW supervised in past 6 months | 1004 (68.3) | 474 (66.8) | 530 (75.6) |
Patients characteristics: | |||
Age <5 years | 701 (47.7) | 349 (49.2) | 352 (46.3) |
Age 5–15 years | 246 (16.7) | 112 (15.8) | 134 (18.0) |
Age >15 years | 524 (35.6) | 249 (35.1) | 275 (36.0) |
Fever or history of fever | 1247 (84.8) | 620 (87.3) | 627 (82.4) |