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Table 3 Health workers practice in malaria case management (testing and appropriate treatment)

From: Health workers readiness and practice in malaria case detection and appropriate treatment: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

First author

Total admissions (N)

Suspected Malaria (N)

Malaria patients (N)

Age of patients

Sex of patients (female)

Malaria testing

Appropriate treatment

Proportion

95% CI

Proportion

95% CI

Abiodun [31]

3511

1807

431

NR

NR

0.47

0.44–0.49

0.43

0.38–0.47

Cohen [22]

24,756

24,756

7340

23.2

49%

0.56

0.53–0.58

0.59

0.56–0.61

Garg [34]

3087

3087

825

NR

NR

0.72

0.69–0.74

0.71

0.65–0.77

Aguemon [15]

NR

NR

313

NR

52.4%

0.59

0.49–0.69

0.54

0.44–0.64

Bonful [18]

2519

2519

158

3.2

NR

0.4

0.36–0.45

0.92

0.84–0.96

Worges [17]

286

286

39

under 5: 35%

60%

0.37

0.21–0.56

0.30

0.17–0.48

Zurovac [13]

NR

1224

366

NR

NR

0.88

0.85–0.93

0.56

0.51–0.61

Gallay [14]

6391

248

140

NR

NR

0.69

0.64–0.73

0.52

0.435–0.60

Plucinski [12]

1224

790

293

NR

NR

0.49

0.46–0.54

0.43

0.38–0.48

Namuyinga [19]

2096

1427

530

 ≥ 5: 71%

NR

0.75

0.69–0.82

0.92

0.84–0.98

Pulford [35]

NR

771

122

 ≤ 15: 64%

53%

0.77

0.67–0.85

0.65

0.54–0.75

Zurovac [16]

226

226

NR

NR

NR

0.35

0.23–0.48

0.68

0.53–0.75

Landman [36]

459

257

11

 < 5: 27%

68%

0.59

0.52–0.65

0.55

0.45–0.65

Steinhardt [37]

2019

1747

629

 ≥ 5: 29%

NR

0.48

0.43–0.52

0.67

0.59–0.76

Rowe [38]

NR

177

59

NR

NR

0.30

0.18–0.43

0.49

0.33–0.64

Total

46,574

39,322

11,256

60%: ≥ 5

57%

0.57

49–65

0.60

53–67