1st Line of consultation for diagnosis and treatment for fever (N = 773)
| | |
Priest
|
30
|
3.9
|
Gunia
|
16
|
2.1
|
Traditional Medicine Practitioners
|
45
|
5.8
|
Faith Healers
|
23
|
3.0
|
ASHA/ANM
|
141
|
18.2
|
MEDP
|
309
|
40.0
|
SC/PHC/CHC/District Hospital
|
616
|
79.7
|
Pharmacist/Private Practitioners
|
106
|
13.7
|
Knowledge on diagnostic tests for malaria
|
550 (Out of 773)
|
71.2
|
Those who knows diagnostic tests (N = 550)
| | |
RDT
|
266
|
48.4
|
Blood slide examination
|
284
|
51.6
|
Nature of bio sample used for diagnostic test
| | |
Blood
|
546
|
99.3
|
Do not know
|
4
|
0.7
|
Total
|
550
| |
Fever cases reported
| | |
Any fever case in family in the past six months?
|
326 (Out of 773)
|
42.2
|
Blood test done for these fever cases?
|
232 (Out of 326)
|
71.2
|
Source where diagnosis conducted (N = 232)
| | |
Traditional medicine practitioners
|
1
|
0.3
|
ASHA/ANM/MTS/MI
|
16
|
6.9
|
VMW (MEDP)
|
161
|
69.4
|
SC/PHC/CHC/DH
|
53
|
22.8
|
Pharmacist/Private Practitioner
|
19
|
8.2
|
Expenditure on the blood test (N = 232)
| | |
FREE
|
208
|
89.7
|
10–50 INR
|
7
|
3.0
|
100–200 INR
|
5
|
2.2
|
200–500 INR
|
3
|
1.3
|
50–100 INR
|
8
|
3.4
|
500–1000 INR
|
1
|
0.4
|
Result of the blood test
| | |
Result informed after the test
|
188 (Out of 232)
|
81.0
|
Negative
|
167 (Out of 188)
|
88.8
|
Positive
|
10 (Out of 188)
|
5.3
|
Do not remember
|
11 (Out of 188)
|
5.9
|
Expenditure on treatment (13 respondents could remember)
| | |
FREE
|
8
|
61.5
|
50–100 INR
|
1
|
7.7
|
200–500 INR
|
2
|
15.4
|
500–1000 INR
|
2
|
15.4
|