Patient-, health worker-, and health facility-level determinants of correct malaria case management at publicly funded health facilities in Malawi: Results from a nationally representative health facility survey

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Steinhardt, Laura C ^a   Chinkhumba, Jobiba ^b   Wolkon, Adam ^a   Luka, Madalitso ^b   Luhanga, Misheck ^c   Sande, John ^c   Oyugi, Jessica ^a   Ali, Doreen ^c   Mathanga, Don ^b   Skarbinski, Jacek ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Case management; Diagnostics; Malaria; Malawi; Symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PUBLIC SECTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896705008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-64     Document Type: Article

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