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. 2011 Oct 31;10:328. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-328

Table 7.

Anti-malarial treatment acquired for "malaria fever" across treatment-seeking sector according to self- reported malaria diagnostic test result

N Received any anti-malarial
% OR (95% CI)

Reported positive test
  Private only 409 41.8 1.00
  Public only 99 60.7 2.15 (1.39-3.33)**
  Public & private 80 53.9 1.63 (0.89-2.98)
 All positive cases 588 46.6 ---
Reported negative test:
  Private only 48 13.5 1.00
  Public only 11 0.0 ---
  Public & private 23 12.6 0.92 (0.17-5.20)
 All negative cases 82 11.4 ---
No diagnostic test:
  Private only 630 11.4 1.00
  Public only 34 25.3 2.64 (0.66-10.59)
  Public & private 44 16.7 1.57 (0.58-4.24)
 All cases without testing 708 12.3 ---

* p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001