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Level and source of accumulative care in fatal acute febrile illness / malaria, all ages, in the Rufiji DSS sentinel area, 1999–2001 |
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| Level of Care |
Provider |
Cumulative Events |
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| No. |
% |
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| Government |
VHW* |
5 |
0.8% |
| Dispensary |
92 |
14.5% |
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| Health Centre |
104 |
16.4% |
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| Hospital |
67 |
10.6% |
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| Home |
Mothers |
19 |
3.0% |
| Family |
64 |
10.1% |
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| Drug Shops |
36 |
5.7% |
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| Non-Government |
Dispensary |
77 |
12.2% |
| Health Centre |
39 |
6.2% |
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| Hospital |
30 |
4.7% |
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| TM** at Practitioner |
73 |
11.5% |
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| TM** at Home |
27 |
4.3% |
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| Total care seeking |
633 |
100.0% |
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VHW* Village Health Worker; TM** Traditional Medicine or Practice | |||
de Savigny et al. Malaria Journal 2004 3:27 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-27 |
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