Profile and determinants of delayed care-seeking and diagnosis among patients with imported malaria: a retrospective study in China, 2014–2021

Table 2 Time between symptom onset and diagnosis of imported malaria cases in China, 2014–2021

PLAD	Days from onset to first medical visit		Days from first medical visit to diagnosis		Days from onset to diagnosis
PLAD	≤ 3 d	> 3 d	≤ 1 d	> 1 d	≤ 4 d	> 4 d
Guangxi	1503 (91.48)	140 (8.52)^a	1429 (86.98)	214 (13.02)^a	1388 (84.48)	255 (15.52)^a
Zhejiang	1125 (87.62)	159 (12.38)^b	927 (72.20)	357 (27.80)^b	971 (75.62)	313 (24.38)^b
Hubei	713 (85.70)	119 (14.30)^b	447 (53.73)	385 (46.27)^c	534 (64.18)	298 (35.82)^c
Anhui	653 (87.89)	90 (12.11)^b	413 (55.59)	330 (44.41)^c	490 (65.95)	253 (34.05)^c
Henan	1090 (86.30)	173 (13.70)^b	815 (64.53)	448 (35.47)^d	845 (66.90)	418 (33.10)^c
χ ²	26.815		424.193		190.89
P-value	< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001

PLAD provincial-level administrative division
^{a, b, c, d}Different letter subscripts indicate statistical significance between subsets at a level of 0.05. P-values were adjusted for multiple comparisons using the Bonferroni correction

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