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Table 1 Clinicians and patients participating in ethnography

From: Guidelines and mindlines: why do clinical staff over-diagnose malaria in Tanzania? A qualitative study

 

HI

HII

Type of hospital

Mission designated

Government

Malaria transmission intensity

Low

High

Clinicians

% of 21 participating clinicians

% of 13 participating clinicians

Age group

  

   40 + years

66.7

30.8

Sex

  

   Male

66.7

76.9

Medical qualification

  

   MO

4.8

0

   AMO

19.0

7.7

   CO

76.2

92.3

Year of graduation (most recent qualification)

  

   Since 2000

38.1

61.5

Number of years worked at hospital

  

   <2 years

33.3

53.8

   3–9 years

22.2

30.8

   10+ years

44.5

15.4

Employer

  

   Government/District

71.4

100.0

   Mission

28.6

0.0

Number of in-service training seminars attended in last 12 months

  

   1 or none

25.0

38.5

   2 or more

75.0

61.5

Originate from area around hospital

50.0

15.4

Patients

% of 673 patients

% of 1,409 patients

Age under 5

47.4

81.0

Outpatient consultations

73.0

83.9