Table 1 |
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Characteristics of health facilities and health workers during 2004 and 2006 surveys in Zambia |
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| 2004 |
2006 |
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| Health facility characteristics |
N = 94 |
N = 104 |
| No (%) |
No (%) |
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| Type of facility |
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| Hospital-affiliated health center |
7 (7.4) |
6 (5.8) |
| Urban health center |
7 (7.4) |
8 (7.7) |
| Rural health center |
78 (83.0) |
87 (83.7) |
| Health post |
2 (2.1) |
3 (2.9) |
| Equipment available at facility |
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| Weighing scale |
92 (97.9) |
99 (97.1)* |
| Thermometer† |
91 (97.8)‡ |
90 (88.2)* |
| Working microscope |
16 (17.0) |
18 (17.3) |
| Malaria rapid diagnostic test† |
0 |
65 (62.5) |
| Any test (malaria rapid diagnostic test or microscopy)† |
16 (17.0) |
76 (73.1) |
| Wall charts |
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| Artemether-lumefantrine dosage chart† |
19 (20.2) |
78 (75.0) |
| Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine dosage chart |
48 (51.1) |
39 (37.5) |
| Quinine dosage chart |
4 (4.3) |
4 (3.9) |
| Available drugs on the survey day |
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| Artemether-lumefantrine (any non-expired tablets) |
48 (51.1) |
62 (59.6) |
| Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (any formulation)† |
94 (100) |
96 (92.3) |
| Quinine (injection) |
68 (72.3) |
78 (75.0) |
| Quinine (tablets) |
74 (78.7) |
90 (86.5) |
| Chloroquine (any formulation)† |
71 (75.5) |
0 |
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| Health worker characteristics |
N = 103 |
N = 135 |
| No (%) |
No (%) |
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| Pre-service training |
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| Clinical officer |
30 (29.1) |
38 (28.2)§ |
| Enrolled Nurse |
49 (47.6) |
52 (38.5) |
| Registered nurse |
4 (3.9) |
10 (7.4) |
| Other |
20 (19.4) |
35 (25.9) |
| In-service training including recommendations on the use of artemether-lumefantrine† |
26 (25.2) |
55 (40.7) |
| Possession of guidelines that included artemether-lumefantrine recommendations† |
60 (58.3) |
124 (91.9) |
| Frequency of supervision (past 6 months) |
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| 0 visit |
14 (13.6) |
16 (11.9) |
| 1 visit† |
22 (21.4) |
56 (41.5) |
| 2 visits |
42 (40.8) |
52 (38.5) |
| 3 or more visits† |
25 (24.3) |
11 (8.1) |
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* Denominator does not include two observations with missing value † P-value < 0.05 using chi-square test of significance ‡ Denominator does not include one observation with missing value § The clinical officer category includes one physician |
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Zurovac et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:31 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-31 |
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