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Table 3 Proportion of patients who received correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine based on age and/or weight, by health facility, health worker and patient characteristics

From: Correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine for management of uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: do facility and patient characteristics matter?

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)