Patient seen in health facility | n (%) | p- value |
---|---|---|
Dispensary (N = 381) | 350 (91.8) | 0.827 |
Health centre (N = 114) | 106 (93.0) | |
Hospital (N = 8) | 7 (87. 5) | |
Public health facility (N = 429) | 398 (92.7) | 0.147 |
Non-public health facility (N = 74) | 65 (87.8) | |
Availability at health facility: | ||
Artemether-lumefantrine in stock (N = 458) | 422 (92.1) | 0.808 |
Diagnostic capacity (mRDT or functional BS:N = 278) | 256 (92.1) | 0.972 |
Weighing scale available (N = 367) | 340 (92.6) | 0.418 |
Copy of malaria treatment guidelines or reference (N = 411) | 379 (92.2) | 0.771 |
Patient seen by health worker who had: | ||
Supervision in previous six months (N = 110) | 100 (90.9) | 0.618 |
Training on use of artemether-lumefantrine (N = 224) | 203 (90.6) | 0.291 |
Patient age: | ||
Aged <3 years (N = 177) | 172 (97.2) | <0.001 |
Aged 3 to <9 years (N = 145) | 123 (84.8) | |
Aged 9 to <12 years (N = 33) | 27 (81.8) | |
Aged 12 years and above (N = 148) | 141 (95.3) | |
Patient weight: | ||
5 -15 kg (N = 241) | 234 (97.1) | <0.001 |
>15 -25 kg (N = 88) | 70 (79.5) | |
>25- 35 kg (N = 24) | 18 (75.0) | |
>35 kg (N = 150) | 141 (94.0) | |
Other characteristics: | ||
Had fever with present illness (N = 488) | 449 (92.0) | 0.852 |
Correct dosing by age or/and weight (N = 503) | 463 (92.1) | |
Correct dosing by weight only (N = 503) | 431 (85.7) | |
Correct dosing by age only (N = 503) | 395 (78.5) |