Table 2.
Diagnosis and treatment with artemisinin combination therapy and antibiotics for febrile children in hospitals and health centres
| Characteristic | |
Hospitals |
|
Health centres |
|
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
(n = 1122) |
|
(n = 861) |
|
||||
| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | p | ||
| |
Had a parasitological test |
137 |
12.2 |
5.4, 25.3 |
65 |
7.6 |
1.3, 34.0 |
0.58 |
| Test was positive |
|
82 |
7.3 |
3.3, 15.5 |
44 |
5.1 |
1.0, 22.2 |
0.67 |
| Given an ACT |
55 |
67.1 |
54.4, 77.7 |
41 |
93.2 |
77.4, 98.2 |
0.013 |
|
| Given quinine |
9 |
10.8 |
6.5, 17.5 |
8 |
18.2 |
12.7, 25.4 |
0.08 |
|
| Given an antibiotic |
5 |
6.1 |
3.2, 11.4 |
4 |
9.1 |
4.0, 19.6 |
0.38 |
|
| Test was negative |
|
55 |
4.9 |
2.1, 11.1 |
21 |
2.4 |
0.3, 15.4 |
0.48 |
| Given an ACT |
28 |
50.9 |
38.1, 63.6 |
13 |
61.9 |
51.9, 71.0 |
0.15 |
|
| Given quinine |
14 |
25.0 |
10.8, 47.9 |
11 |
52.4 |
43.5, 61.1 |
0.03 |
|
| Given an antibiotic |
11 |
20.0 |
6.7, 46.6 |
8 |
38.1 |
27.2, 80.3 |
0.15 |
|
| Clinical diagnosis | |
984 |
87.8 |
74.7, 94.6 |
796 |
92.5 |
66.0, 98.7 |
0.58 |
| Given an ACT |
833 |
84.7 |
74.1, 91.5 |
651 |
81.8 |
67.4, 90.7 |
0.66 |
|
| Given quinine |
199 |
20.2 |
12.3, 31.4 |
96 |
12.1 |
9.5, 15.1 |
0.06 |
|
| Given an antibiotic | 275 | 28.0 | 12.5, 51.3 | 302 | 37.9 | 27.1, 50.1 | 0.40 | |