Table 3.

Malaria case management practices at surveyed health facilities in November, 2013, and November, 2014

		Ebola-unaffected prefectures			Ebola-affected prefectures			p value‡
		November, 2013	November, 2014	p value*	November, 2013	November, 2014	p value†
Individual patient visits assessed		1987	2116		1870	1853
Fever cases among all patient visits		68% (65–71)	65% (62–67)	0·06	71% (68–74)	57% (54–60)	<0·0001	0·0004
Laboratory testing of fever cases		37% (34–40)	65% (62–68)	<0·0001	47% (44–51)	45% (41–49)	0·4	<0·0001
	Rapid diagnostic test for malaria	29% (26–32)	63% (60–67)	<0·0001	41% (37–44)	42% (38–46)	0·6	<0·0001
	Microscopy	8% (6–10)	2% (1–3)	<0·0001	4% (3–5)	2% (1–3)	0·01	0·05
Test positivity rate		82% (77–85)	72% (68–75)	0·0006	73% (68–78)	73% (68–78)	1	0·02
Antimalarial treatment of fever		50% (46–53)	53% (49–56)	0·3	62% (58–65)	54% (50–58)	0·007	0·005
	Presumptive treatment (no test)	24% (21–27)	21% (19–25)	0·2	32% (29–35)	23% (20–26)	<0·0001	0·09
	Correct treatment (positive test)	81% (76–85)	75% (70–79)	0·06	84% (80–88)	86% (81–89)	0·6	0·1
	Incorrect treatment (negative test)	14% (7–24)	5% (3–8)	0·005	27% (17–39)	19% (13–28)	0·2	0·2

Data are percentages (95% CI), unless otherwise indicated.

^*Comparison of November, 2013, and November, 2014, in unaffected prefectures.

^†Comparison of November, 2013, and November, 2014, in affected prefectures.

^‡Comparison of change between 2013 and 2014 in affected and unaffected prefectures with difference-in-differences analysis.