Integrated paediatric fever management and antibiotic over-treatment in Malawi health facilities: Data mining a national facility census

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Johansson, Emily White ^a   Selling, Katarina Ekholm ^a   Nsona, Humphreys ^b   Mappin, Bonnie ^c   Gething, Peter W ^c   Petzold, Max ^d   Peterson, Stefan Swartling ^a,e,f   Hildenwall, Helena ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Child health; Diagnosis; Fever case management; IMCI; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ZINC; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; COUGHING; DATA MINING; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA MINING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984986879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1439-7     Document Type: Article

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