The Potential Impact of Improving Appropriate Treatment for Fever on Malaria and Non-Malarial Febrile Illness Management in Under-5s: A Decision-Tree Modelling Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Rao, V Bhargavi ^a   Schellenberg, David ^b   Ghani, Azra C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON MALARIAL FEBRILE ILLNESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TANZANIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTIMALARIALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 84880795524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069654     Document Type: Article

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