Low referral completion of rapid diagnostic test-negative patients in community-based treatment of malaria in Sierra Leone

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Thomson, Anna ^a,b   Khogali, Mohammed ^c   De Smet, Martin ^b   Reid, Tony ^b   Mukhtar, Ahmed ^c   Peterson, Stefan ^a   Von Schreeb, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANT WOMAN; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SIERRA LEONE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955104860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-94     Document Type: Article

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