Table 2.
Method of diagnosis of malaria by different healthcare providers
| Patent Medicine Dealer n = 860 n (%) |
PHC centre n = 273 n (%) |
Public Hospital n = 195 n (%) |
Pharmacy n = 222 n (%) |
Private hospital n = 716 n (%) |
Laboratory n = 38 n (%) |
Chi-square (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood test | 24 (2.79) | 10 (3.7) | 86(41.9) | 2 (0.9) | 297 (41.5) | 31 (81.5) | 621.8 (0.0001) |
| History | 725(84.3) | 271(99.3) | 190(97.4) | 203 (91.4) | 664 (92.7) | 29 (76.3) | 87.7 (.0001) |
| Temperature | 118(13.7) | 230(84.2) | 89(45.6) | 46 (20.7) | 465 (64.9) | 3 (7.8) | 696.5 (.0001) |
| Heart rate | 68(7.9) | 134(49.0) | 72(36.9) | 27(12.1) | 346 (48.3) | 1 (2.6) | 430.5 (.0001) |
| Respiration | 53(6.1) | 116(42.5) | 75(38.5) | 10(4.5) | 323 (45.1) | 1 (2.6) | 447.1 (.0001) |
| No diagnosis | 119(13.8) | 20(7.3) | 4(2.1) | 12 (5.4) | 24 (3.4) | 1 (2.6) | 79.6 (.0001) |
| Others | 36(4.1) | 9(3.2) | 16(8.2) | 4(1.8) | 67 (9.3) | 0 (0) | 33.6 (.0001) |