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Table 5 VL reporting speed of Bihari and Nepali district health managers to the respective state or national health authority

From: Visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis and reporting delays as an obstacle to timely response actions in Nepal and India

 

EWARS sites - Nepal

D(P)HOs - Nepal

DMOs - Bihar

N

9

12

9

Mean (weeks)

2,7

10,8

4

95% Confidence Int.

1.2-6.5

6.6-14.9

 

Std. Error (SEM)

1.7

1.9

0

Std. Deviation (SD)

5,0

6,5

0

Kolmogorov-Smirnov

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

Median

1

16

4

Interquartile range

0

12

0

Full range

15

15

0

Mann-Whitney U-Test: EWARS sites -Nepal/D(P)HOs - Nepal

p = 0.002

Mann-Whitney U-Test: D(P)HOs – Nepal/DMOs - Bihar

p = 0.024

Mann-Whitney U-Test: EWARS sites/DMOs - Bihar

p = 0.002

  1. Data is given as total as well as stratified by type of district health authority.