Table 3.
Case management characteristics of patients at health facilities in Guinea, November 2014
n = 4963 | |
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% (95% CI) | |
Patients with fever | 59.5 (53.4–65.6) |
Diagnostic test for febrile patients | 62.1 (52.6–71.6) |
Test positivity | 73.2 (67.9–78.4) |
Treated according to result | 72.3 (58.9–85.7) |
No diagnostic test for febrile patients | 37.9 (28.4–47.4) |
Presumptive treatment | 48.5 (36.7–60.4) |
Recommended febrile case managementa | 27.8 (18.9–36.8) |
Results are weighted; 95% CI confidence interval
aRecommended febrile case management defined as: diagnostic test for febrile patients in presence of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) and treatment according to result or presumptive anti-malarial treatment for febrile patients in absence of adequate PPE