Predictors of health workers’ knowledge about artesunate-based severe malaria treatment recommendations in government and faith-based hospitals in Kenya

Table 3 Health workers’ knowledge about artesunate-based severe malaria treatment recommendations

Health workers’ knowledge	Government hospitals		Faith based hospitals
	N = 367		N = 330
	n	%	n	%
Treatment policy for severe malaria^a
High	113	30.8	108	32.9
Medium	131	35.7	101	30.8
Low	123	33.5	119	36.3
Artesunate dose^b
High	186	50.8	220	66.7
Medium	100	27.3	67	20.3
Low	80	21.9	43	13.0
Artesunate dosing intervals
High	123	33.5	110	33.3
Medium	136	37.1	137	41.5
Low	108	29.4	83	25.2
Artesunate preparation
High	183	49.9	184	55.8
Medium	134	36.5	114	34.5
Low	50	13.6	32	9.7
Preferred route of administration
High	289	78.7	272	82.4
Low	78	21.3	58	17.6

^a Denominator excludes 2 health workers with missing information in faith-based hospitals
^b Denominator excludes 1 health worker with missing information in government hospitals

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