Table 5 Characteristics of malaria episodes by diagnosis test
From: Economic costs analysis of uncomplicated malaria case management in the Peruvian Amazon
Variable | LM | RDT | Total | Time to diagnosis (days) | Time lost (days) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LM | RDT | LM | RDT | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | median(IQR) | median(IQR) | median(IQR) | median(IQR) | |
Consultation (N = 175) | ||||||||||
Health post | 30 | 50.9 | 29 | 49.2 | 59 | 100 | ||||
Health centre | 42 | 97.7 | 1 | 2.3 | 43 | 100 | ||||
Hospital | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100 | ||||
CHW | 41 | 60.3 | 27 | 39.7 | 68 | 100 | ||||
Pharmacy then health centre | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100 | ||||
CHW then health centre | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 3 | 100 | ||||
Malaria species (N = 175) | ||||||||||
P. vivax | 76 | 61.3 | 48 | 38.7 | 124 | 100 | 3 (2–7) | 3 (2–3) | ||
P. falciparum | 40 | 78.4 | 11 | 21.6 | 51 | 100 | 3 (2–7) | 2 (2–6) | ||
Malaria species in EA individuals (N = 85)* | ||||||||||
P. vivax | 38 | 69.1 | 17 | 30.9 | 55 | 100 | 4.5 (3–7) | 3 (2–3) | 7.5 (5–15) | 7 (4–13) |
P. falciparum | 24 | 80.0 | 6 | 20.0 | 30 | 100 | 3 (2.5–7) | 2.5 (2–7) | 8.5 (7–16.5) | 8.5 (5–14) |