Table 1.
Demographics of private sector outlets screened
| Total | Healthcare providers | Retailers | p value* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private facility | Health worker | Total | Pharmacy | Itinerant drug vendor | General retailer | Total | |||
| N (%) | 3,658 | 283 (8%) | 324 (9%) | 607 (17%) | 450 (12%) | 304 (8%) | 2,297 (63%) | 3,051 (83%) | |
| Location | |||||||||
| Urban | 1,684 (46%) | 249 (88%) | 68 (21%) | 317 (51%) | 387 (86%) | 61 (20%) | 919 (40%) | 1,367 (45%) | <0.05 |
| Rural | 1,974 (54%) | 34 (12%) | 256 (79%) | 290 (49%) | 63 (14%) | 243 (80%) | 1,378 (60%) | 1,684 (55%) | |
| Stocking any anti-malarial at time of survey | 1,159 (32%) | 194 (69%) | 218 (67%) | 412 (68%) | 342 (76%) | 136 (45%) | 269 (12%) | 747 (24%) | <0.001 |
* Comparing healthcare providers to retailers.