Table 4.

Agreement of participants in identification of malaria species by health facility (N = 72)

Facility	Participant reader	Reference reader
		Negative	P. falciparum	P. vivax	Mixed	Total	Agreement	Kappa
Gov’ta hospitals	Negative	125	23	9	0	157	79%	0.70
	P. falciparum	1	35	1	25	62
	P. vivax	1	4	54	1	60
	Mixed	0	2	0	38	40
	Total	127	64	64	64	319
Private hospitals	Negative	33	6	2	0	41	74%	0.64
	P. falciparum	2	11	1	3	17
	P. vivax	1	1	15	6	23
	Mixed	0	2	0	9	11
	Total	36	20	18	18	92
Gov’t health centers	Negative	119	21	15	0	155	69%	0.56
	P. falciparum	4	35	7	28	74
	P. vivax	1	6	40	14	61
	Mixed	0	0	0	20	20
	Total	124	62	62	62	310

^aGovernment.