National and sub-national variation in patterns of febrile case management in sub-Saharan Africa

Treatment-seeking for fever is widely used to estimate treatment of childhood infections, but cross-country comparisons are problematic. Here, the authors estimate the probability of seeking treatment for fever at public facilities across 29 countries by quantifying person-level latent variables.

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Autores principales: Victor A. Alegana, Joseph Maina, Paul O. Ouma, Peter M. Macharia, Jim Wright, Peter M. Atkinson, Emelda A. Okiro, Robert W. Snow, Andrew J. Tatem
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/23ac74ca755b4d9b976cc77fa0db5e9d
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Sumario:Treatment-seeking for fever is widely used to estimate treatment of childhood infections, but cross-country comparisons are problematic. Here, the authors estimate the probability of seeking treatment for fever at public facilities across 29 countries by quantifying person-level latent variables.