Table 3 Treatment received by children tested and not tested for malaria and the result of the test in hospitals and health centres
From: Management of febrile children under five years in hospitals and health centres of rural Ghana
Treament given | Tested | Not Tested | MP + ve | MP –ve | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 203 | N = 1,780 | N = 126 | N = 77 | |||||||||
n | % | 95%CI | n | % | 95%CI | n | % | 95%CI | n | % | 95%CI | |
All HF | ||||||||||||
AM | 191 | 94.1 | 85.6, 97.7 | 1,719 | 96.6 | 92.3, 98.5 | ||||||
ACT | 139 | 68.5 | 53.1, 80.7 | 1,484 | 83.4 | 75.1, 89.4* | 121 | 96.0 | 82.5, 99.2 | 70 | 90.9 | 66.4, 98.1 |
AB | 28 | 13.8 | 8.0, 22.7 | 577 | 32.4 | 20.7, 46.9** | 96 | 76.2 | 52.2, 90.4 | 43 | 55.8 | 42.0, 68.9* |
Hospitals | ||||||||||||
AM | 127 | 92.0 | 77.8, 97.4 | 967 | 98.3 | 93.9, 99.5** | 78 | 95.1 | 59.0, 99.6 | 49 | 87.5 | 49.1, 98.1 |
ACT | 84 | 60.9 | 48.2, 72.2 | 833 | 84.7 | 68.6, 93.4** | 55 | 67.1 | 49.0, 81.2 | 29 | 51.8 | 34.3, 68.9* |
AB | 16 | 11.6 | 3.6, 31.3 | 275 | 28.0 | 8.7, 61.1 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.6, 13.6 | 11 | 19.6 | 3.9, 59.6* |
Health centres | ||||||||||||
AM | 64 | 98.5 | 80.5, 99.9 | 752 | 94.5 | 85.4, 98.0 | 43 | 97.7 | 15.4, 100 | 21 | 100 | - |
ACT | 55 | 84.6 | 80.1, 88.3 | 651 | 81.8 | 66.2, 91.2 | 41 | 93.2 | 46.4, 99.5 | 14 | 66.7 | 54.0, 77.3 |
AB | 12 | 18.5 | 16.0, 21.3 | 302 | 37.9 | 26.4, 51.0** | 4 | 9.1 | 1.7, 37.2 | 8 | 38.1 | 25.8, 52.2* |