Mentorship on malaria microscopy diagnostic service in Ethiopia: baseline competency of microscopists and performance of health facilities

Table 3 Identification performance of Plasmodium falciparum against non-falciparum parasites in Ethiopia, 2019

Variables		Expert reading			Agreement (%)	Kappa
Variables		P. falciparum	Non-P. falciparum	Total	Agreement (%)	Kappa
Participants’ results	P. falciparum	147	205	352	57 (53.05–61.08)	0.18 (0.11–0.26)
	Non- P. falciparum	55	199	254
	Total	202	404	606
Health centre	P. falciparum	119	154	273	59 (54.71–63.74)	0.22 (0.15–0.30)
	Non- P. falciparum	39	162	201
	Total	158	316	474
Hospital	P. falciparum	28	51	79	49 (40.44–58.08)	0.04 (− 0.1 to 0.19)
	Non- P. falciparum	16	37	53
	Total	44	88	132

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