Table 4. Wholesaler characteristics and business practices.

		COUNTRY
WHOLESALER CHARACTERISTICS		BENIN	CAMBODIA	DRC	NIGERIA	UGANDA	ZAMBIA
Years in operation	Median	8	10	7	8	8	9
	IQR	4–15	6–16	4–13	5–17	3–11	7–16
	(N)	(182)	(89)	(133)	(129)	(123)	(42)
Number of people working at outlet	Median	3	2	9	5	6	8
	IQR	2–4	2–3	4–12	3–8	4–9	5–15
	(N)	(199)	(94)	(138)	(134)	(128)	(43)
Buy directly from antimalarial manufacturers (as one of two top antimalarial suppliers)	%	10.9	5.3	28.7	55.8	10.2	41.5
	95% CI	3.7–18.0	0.6–9.8	21.0–36.4	47.1–64.5	4.9–15.6	25.7–57.2
	(N)	(190)	(95)	(136)	(129)	(127)	(41)
Deliver antimalarials to customers	%	7.6	23.7	23.0	32.6	32.0	67.4
	95% CI	2.5–12.7	14.8–32.5	15.9–30.1	24.7–40.5	23.8–40.2	52.9–82.0
	(N)	(202)	(93)	(139)	(138)	(128)	(43)
Provided credit to customers in the past 3 months	%	55.3	39.6	35.5	77.9	75.0	62.8
	95% CI	45.1–65.5	29.3–49.8	27.4–43.6	70.9–85.0	67.4–82.6	47.7–77.8
	(N)	(201)	(91)	(138)	(136)	(128)	(43)
Most common terms of credit offered in the past 3 months(number of days)	Median	15	30	30	14	30	30
	IQR	10–30	3–90	10–30	7–30	14–30	30–30
	(N)	(105)	(36)	(45)	(102)	(93)	(25)

IQR: inter-quartile range; CI: confidence interval; N: number of wholesalers contributing to calculation of indicator.