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Table 1 Descriptive monthly numbers of clinical malaria cases and estimated monthly data discrepancy between clinics' outpatient books and government statistics in clinical malaria case reporting, stratified by eight clinics, Honiara, Solomon Islands, 2007.

From: The accuracy of clinical malaria case reporting at primary health care facilities in Honiara, Solomon Islands

 

Clinics

  

Monthly numbers of clinical malaria cases

(Mean (Standard Error))

Kukum

Mataniko

Mbokona

Mbokona-vera

Naha

Rove

Vura

White river

Annual total cases of clinical malaria in eight clinics

 

Clinics' outpatient books (i)

297.3

(30.8)

230.5

(14.5)

46.3

(3.5)

180.3

(15.8)

148.6

(7.1)

307.7

(18.7)

85.3

(10.3)

74.2

(6.5)

15840

 

Government statistics (ii)

276.8

(42.1)

223.2

(16.5)

49.6

(5.3)

155.4

(14.9)

156.7

(11.2)

304.5

(26.6)

80.3

(10.5)

73.6

(6.9)

16411

 

Monthly discrepancy

(Mean (Standard Error))

Kukum

Mataniko

Mbokona

Mbokona-vera

Naha

Rove

Vura

White river

Total

P-valueâ•™

Magnitude of data discrepancy

| ii/i -1 |* (%)

37.9

(12.6)

9.4

(2.0)

60.4

(14.2)

20.8

(3.5)

16.1

(3.0)

8.6

(3.2)

11.7

(3.3)

5.1

(1.7)

21.2

(3.0)

< 0.001

Direction of the data discrepancy

ii/i -1 ** (%)

2.4

(17.0)

-3.3

(6.6)

23.4

(12.4)

-12.5

(5.3)

5.6

(3.8)

-2.4

(3.2)

-6.1

(6.2)

-1.3

(2.3)

-0.7

(3.7)

< 0.001

  1. (n = 12 per clinic, n = 96 in total)
  2. * |(Monthly number of clinical malaria cases in government statistics/Monthly numbers of clinical malaria cases in clinics' outpatient books) - 1|
  3. ** (Monthly number of clinical malaria cases in government statistics/Monthly numbers of clinical malaria cases in clinics' outpatient books) - 1
  4. "Positive direction" means that government data is larger than clinics' data, and "negative direction" means that government data is smaller than clinics' data.
  5. â•™ Friedman's ANOVA test