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Table 1 Anti-malarial prescription in 21 health facilities comparing 'Pre' (March - June 2007) to 'Post' RDTs (July - December 2007) intervention at 5 districts of Uganda

From: Use of RDTs to improve malaria diagnosis and fever case management at primary health care facilities in Uganda

Malaria endemicity

Measurements

'Pre'- RDTs

'Post'- RDTs

% drop *

RR [95% CI]^

p- value

   District

      

Hyper-endemic

OPD attendance

10,167

11,273

   

   Iganga

Anti-malarials prescribed (%)

5,725 (56)

4,744 (42)

25%

0.74[0.61-0.91]

<0.001

Urban

OPD attendance

4,749

9,536

   

   Jinja

Anti-malarials prescribed (%)

2,686(57)

3,076 (32)

44%

0.56[0.39-0.81]

0.003

Peri Urban

OPD attendance

21,707

27,553

   

   Mbale

Anti-malarials prescribed (%)

11,736 (54)

9,796 (36)

33%

0.65[0.53-0.80]

<0.001

Meso-endemic

OPD attendance

8,842

14,385

   

   Mubende

Anti-malarials prescribed (%)

5,471 (62)

5,232 (36)

42%

0.60[0.47-0.76]

<0.001

Hypo-endemic

OPD attendance

8,164

12,032

   

   Kapchorwa

Anti-malarials prescribed (%)

5,002 (61)

3,072 (26)

57%

0.46[0.38-0.57]

<0.001

All settings

OPD attendance

53,629

74,784

   
 

Anti-malarials prescribed (%) [95%CI]

29117(54)[53.9-54.7]

24591(33)[32.5-33.2]

39%

0.62[0.55-0.70]

<0.001

  1. *Percentage point reduction between baseline (pre) and post intervention = [(pre-RDTs proportion-post RDT proportion)/pre-RDTs proportion]
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