The Benefits or Otherwise of Managing Malaria Cases with or without Laboratory Diagnosis: The Experience in a District Hospital in Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Osei Kwakye, Kingsley ^a   Asante, Kwaku Poku ^a   Mahama, Emmanuel ^a   Apanga, Stephen ^a   Owusu, Ruth ^a   Kwara, Evans ^a   Adjei, George ^a   Abokyi, Livesy ^a   Yeetey, Enuameh ^a   Dosoo, David Kwame ^a   Punguyire, Damien ^c   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874680354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058107     Document Type: Article

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