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Table 3 Pattern of antimalarial prescription at ethnography hospitals

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

 

HI

HII

Percentage patients prescribed antimalarials

19.0 (of 673)

46.7 (of 1409)

Percentage febrile of those prescribed antimalarials

38.3 (of 128)

72.0 (of 658)

Percentage patients tested for malaria

30.0 (of 673)

25.8 (of 1409)

Percentage malaria test positive of those prescribed antimalarials (vs negative or untested)

10.9 (of 128)

5.3 (of 658)