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. 2016 Aug 10;21(10):1334–1345. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12752

Table 3.

Percentages of children with single and multimorbidity for whom items were scored 1 across all hospitals in the baseline and endline surveys

Items Disease‐specific PAQC scores Multimorbidity PAQC scores Overall patient‐level PAQC score
Malaria Pneumonia Diarrhoea/Dehydration Malaria + Pneumonia Malaria + Diarrhoea Pneumonia + Diarrhoea Malaria + Pneumonia + Diarrhoea
Baseline n = 953 Endline n = 750 Baseline n = 304 Endline n = 419 Baseline n = 108 Endline n = 208 Baseline n = 548 Endline n = 579 Baseline n = 225 Endline n = 328 Baseline n = 13 Endline n = 64 Baseline n = 37 Endline n = 132 Baseline n = 2188 Endline n = 2480
Primary signs/symptoms of illness documented 88.56 93.87 92.11 99.05 99.07 98.08 85.77 95.34 73.33 93.90 92.31 93.75 62.16 96.97 86.88 95.60
Secondary signs/symptoms of illness documented 38.51 75.73 0.00 70.88 0.00 35.58 0.18 56.99 0.00 27.44 0.00 26.56 0.00 20.45 16.82 56.57
Complete documentation of signs/symptoms 0.00 40.53 0.00 42.00 0.00 43.27 0.00 34.20 0.00 30.49 0.00 32.81 0.00 22.73 0.00 37.06
Illness severity classification made consistent with guidelines 9.86 57.60 15.13 85.68 43.52 70.67 0.73 64.25 0.00 48.78 0.00 60.94 0.00 52.27 8.73 63.63
Choice of drug for treatment is consistent with illness severity as recommended in guidelines 8.29 40.80 1.32 20.53 27.78 64.42 0.00 12.61 0.44 26.52 0.00 25.00 0.00 7.58 5.21 28.71
Selected drug used as recommended in guidelines 0.10 31.47 32.57 56.80 25.00 46.63 0.00 18.83 0.00 17.68 7.69 35.94 0.00 4.55 5.85 30.93
Score median (IQR) 1 (1–2) 4 (2–5) 1 (1–2) 4 (3–5) 2 (1–2) 4 (2–5) 1 (1–1) 3 (2–4) 1 (0–1) 2 (1–4) 1 (1–1) 2 (2–4) 1 (0–1) 2 (1–3) 1 (1–2) 3 (2–4)