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Table 4 Correlates of referral for patients admitted with a diagnosis of malaria

From: Impact of rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria at a peripheral health facility in Western Uganda: an interrupted time series analysis

 

Univariable model

Multivariable model*

OR

95 % CI

P-value

AOR

95 % CI

P-value

Male sex

1.52

0.85–2.71

0.15

1.56

0.88–2.29

0.13

Age

 >15

REF

-

-

-

 5–15

1.53

0.72–3.30

0.27

-

-

-

 <5

1.13

0.57–2.26

0.73

-

-

-

Remote

1.27

0.55–2.92

0.57

-

-

-

Antibiotic

0.78

0.43–1.42

0.42

-

-

-

Period

 Pre-RDT

REF

REF

 Transition

0.55

0.26–1.13

0.11

0.54

0.26–1.12

0.099

 RDT

0.51

0.26–0.99

0.046

0.49

0.25–0.96

0.038

  1. *Explanatory variables with a P-value of <0.25 in the univariable model were included in the multivariable model
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Malaria Journal

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