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Table 4 Rabies risk classification stratified by clinician designation for 194 cases potentially exposed to rabies for which the clinician recorded a risk classification in 13 health centers in high rabies risk areas of southern Bhutan

From: Evaluation of post-exposure prophylaxis practices to improve the cost-effectiveness of rabies control in human cases potentially exposed to rabies in southern Bhutan

Cases for which clinicians recorded the risk category (n = 194)

Cases for which clinicians did not record the risk category (n = 79)

Clinician designation:

C1 (%)

U1 (%)

O1 (%)

Tot.

None2

Mod.2

Severe2

NA3

Percentage not recorded

 Medical doctor

52 (52%)

40 (40%)

8 (8%)

100

0

12

12

0

19.4%

 Clinical officer

9 (47%)

3 (16%)

7 (37%)

19

0

8

7

0

44.1%

 Health assistant

41 (55%)

28 (37%)

6 (8%)

75

0

20

19

1

34.8%

 Total

102 (53%)

71 (37%)

21 (11%)

194

0

40

38

1

28.9%

  1. 1: C = correct risk assessment, U = under-estimation of the risk, O = over-estimation of the risk
  2. 2: risk determined as per independent assessment using NRGM
  3. 3: impossible to determine the risk based on the questionnaire information