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Does test-based prescription of evidence-based treatment for malaria improve treatment seeking and satisfaction? Findings of repeated cross-sectional surveys in Papua New Guinea

INTRODUCTION: The presumptive treatment of febrile illness with antimalarial medication is becoming less common in low-income and middle-income countries as access to reliable diagnostic tests improves. We explore whether the shift towards test-based antimalarial prescription, and the introduction o...

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Autores principales: Pulford, Justin, Saweri, Olga P M, Jeffery, Caroline, Siba, Peter M, Mueller, Ivo, Hetzel, Manuel W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30498587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000915