Table 3 Agreement between diagnostic test result and health worker’s stated final diagnosis
| Â | Type of recruiting health facility | Transmission season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public Urban | Public Rural | CHW | Private Urban | Early season (July) | Peak season (Sept - Nov) | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Among those with negative malaria test result (N = 214) | ||||||||||||
 Diagnosed as malaria by health worker | 36 | 40.9% | 4 | 28.6% | 4 | 4.0% | 2 | 16.7% | 12 | 14.5% | 34 | 26.0% |
 Diagnosed as not malaria by health worker | 52 | 59.1% | 10 | 71.4% | 96 | 96.0% | 10 | 83.3% | 71 | 85.6% | 97 | 74.1% |
Among those with positive malaria test result (N = 573) | ||||||||||||
 Diagnosed as malaria by health worker | 264 | 100% | 99 | 100% | 179 | 100% | 31 | 100% | 263 | 100% | 310 | 100% |
 Diagnosed as not malaria by health worker | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Among those not tested by RDT or microscopy (N = 795) | ||||||||||||
 Diagnosed as malaria by health worker | 47 | 68.1% | 291 | 96.0% | 94 | 70.7% | 153 | 52.8% | 192 | 76.5% | 393 | 72.2% |
 Diagnosed as not malaria by health worker | 22 | 31.9% | 12 | 4.0% | 39 | 29.3% | 137 | 47.2% | 59 | 23.5% | 151 | 27.8% |