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Table 3 Combination weight of the risk assessment framework

From: A framework for assessing local transmission risk of imported malaria cases

First-level index and normalized weight (w1)

Second-level index

Normalized weight (w2)

Combination weight (w1 × w2)

A Infection source

0.5396

A1 No. of imported cases

0.6267

0.3382

A2 Types of imported cases

0.0936

0.0505

A3 Awareness of timely medical visit of patient

0.2797

0.1509

B Transmitting conditions

0.2970

B1 Anopheles species

0.8333

0.2475

B2 Anopheles density

0.1667

0.0495

C Control capacity

0.1634

C1 Prevention and control system

0.3357

0.0549

C2 Financial support

0.0445

0.0073

C3 Staff training

0.0356

0.0058

C4 Work execution

0.2405

0.0393

C5 Availability of drugs

0.0602

0.0098

C6 Diagnostic capacity

0.1267

0.0207

C7 Blood test capacity

0.0896

0.0146

C8 Standardized treatment

0.0672

0.0110