Predictors of the quality of health worker treatment practices for uncomplicated malaria at government health facilities in Kenya.

@article{Zurovac2004PredictorsOT,
  title={Predictors of the quality of health worker treatment practices for uncomplicated malaria at government health facilities in Kenya.},
  author={Dejan Zurovac and Alexander K. Rowe and Sam A. Ochola and Abdisalan Mohamed Noor and B Midia and Mike English and Robert W. Snow},
  journal={International journal of epidemiology},
  year={2004},
  volume={33 5},
  pages={
          1080-91
        }
}
BACKGROUND When replacing failing drugs for malaria with more effective drugs, an important step towards reducing the malaria burden is that health workers (HW) prescribe drugs according to evidence-based guidelines. Past studies have shown that HW commonly do not follow guidelines, yet few studies have explored with appropriate methods why such practices occur. METHODS We analysed data from a survey of government health facilities in four Kenyan districts in which HW consultations were… 
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