Table 1.

Sources of recommendations and medicines for recent acute illnesses as reported in the household survey

	Percentage of all medicines obtained by location [95 % CI]
Source of recommendation	Total n = 581	ADDO n = 269	Public facility n = 184	Private/mission/ NGO facility/ other n = 128
Doctor/nurse	60.0 [52.9, 66.6]	29.4 [20.1, 40.7]	99.0 [95.4, 99.8]	78.6 [63.2, 88.7]
ADDO	30.9 [24.5, 38.2]	58.8 [49.1, 67.8]	0.3 [0.0, 2.6]	8.3 [3.3, 19.5]
Self/ household member/ friend/ other	9.1 [6.2, 13.2]	11.8 [7.3, 18.6]	0.7 [0.1, 5.0]	13.1 [6.0, 26.1]
	Percentage of antimicrobials obtained by location [95 % CI]
Source of recommendation	Total n = 128	ADDO n = 62	Public facility n = 37	Private/mission/ NGO facility/ other n = 29
Doctor/nurse	60.7 [47.1, 72.8]	25.6 [11.8, 46.8]	100.0 [., .]	86.9 [60.9, 96.6]
ADDO	32.3 [21.4, 45.4]	65.8 [45.1, 81.8]	-**	1.7 [0.2, 13.6]
Self/ household member/ friend/ other	7.1 [3.2, 15.0]	8.6 [3.6, 19.2]	-	11.3 [2.6, 37.9]
	Percentage of antimicrobials obtained in ADDO/DLDBs by region (n = 62) [95 % CI]
Source of recommendation	Mbeya n = 24	Morogoro n = 9	Singida n = 14	Tanga n = 15
Doctor/nurse	29.0 [8.3, 64.9]	55.8 [14.3, 90.5]	5.1 [0.9, 23.8]	22.6 [7.8, 50.2]
ADDO	62.5 [28.8, 87.3]	44.2 [9.5, 85.7]	83.4 [49.0, 96.3]	67.1 [45.2, 83.5]
Self/ household member/ friend/ other	8.5 [2.0, 29.4]	0	11.5 [2.1, 44.4]	10.3 [2.5, 34.1]

^a ADDO accredited drug dispensing outlet

^bAll ADDO recommended antimicrobials were obtained from ADDOs