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Table 3 Out patient suspected malaria patients investigation and treatment at the 21 intervention peripheral health facilities II & III after introduction of rapid diagnostic tests between Julys - December 2007 in five districts of Uganda

From: Use of RDTs to improve malaria diagnosis and fever case management at primary health care facilities in Uganda

Parameter or measurement

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

OPD attendances

14,940

15,354

10,927

13,265

9,561

10,737

Presumed malaria

8,041

7,733

5,844

6,576

5,430

5,412

(%)*

(40%)

(41%)

(40%)

(37%)

(42%)

(40%)

Anti-malaria prescriptions

5,143

5,550

3,815

4121

3,486

3,814

RDT-negative treated

871

1,056

787

828

585

534

% RDT negatives

35.0

34.4

33.9

29.4

27.3

29.0

treated as malaria(CI)

(20-50)

(19-50)

(23-45)

(19-40)

(15-39)

(19-39)

Risk ratio^

0.71[0.53-0.96]

0.60[0.58-0.63]

0.64[0.48-0.87]

0.59[0.42-083]

0.68[0.50-0.92]

0.67[0.46-0.97]

p-value

0.029

<0.001

0.008

0.004

0.023

0.05

  1. *Proportion of all Out-Patients that presented with symptoms suggestive of malaria
  2. ^ Risk ratio comparing anti-malarials prescribed in the observation arm and intervention arms