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Table 4 Choice of health facility

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards malaria diagnostics among healthcare providers and healthcare-seekers in Kondoa district, Tanzania: a multi-methodological situation analysis

 

Observation

%

Health facility level tested for malaria the last time

  

 Dispensary

120

38.8

 District hospital

107

34.6

 Health centre

46

14.9

 Private laboratory

36

11.7

 Total

309

100.0

Health facility type tested for malaria the last time

  

 Government

210

68.0

 Private

69

22.3

 Faith-based

30

9.7

 Total

309

100.0

Preferred health facility level when malaria symptoms present

  

 Dispensary

156

51.3

 District hospital

89

29.3

 Health centre

43

14.1

 Private laboratory

16

5.3

 Total

304

100.0

Preferred health facility type when malaria symptoms present

  

 Government

240

78.9

 Private

37

12.2

 Faith-based

27

8.9

 Total

304

100.0