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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...
Autores principales: | Pulford, Justin, Saweri, Olga P M, Jeffery, Caroline, Siba, Peter M, Mueller, Ivo, Hetzel, Manuel W |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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