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Table 4 Level and source of accumulative care in fatal acute febrile illness / malaria, all ages, in the Rufiji DSS sentinel area, 1999–2001

From: Care-seeking patterns for fatal malaria in Tanzania

Level of Care

Provider

Cumulative Events

  

No.

%

Government

VHW*

5

0.8%

 

Dispensary

92

14.5%

 

Health Centre

104

16.4%

 

Hospital

67

10.6%

Home

Mothers

19

3.0%

 

Family

64

10.1%

 

Drug Shops

36

5.7%

Non-Government

Dispensary

77

12.2%

 

Health Centre

39

6.2%

 

Hospital

30

4.7%

 

TM** at Practitioner

73

11.5%

 

TM** at Home

27

4.3%

 

Total care seeking

633

100.0%

  1. VHW* Village Health Worker; TM** Traditional Medicine or Practice