Table 1.
Characteristics of private sector retail drug outlets in Siaya County, Kenya—2013
| Drug-outlet type | Personnel employed | Business open (hours per day) | Estimated daily customersa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | n | Mean | Range | |
| Registered pharmacy | 24 | (13.4) | 47 | 2.0 | 1–4 | 12.1 | 9.5–14.5 | 21 | 74.0 | 10–250 |
| Informal drug shop | 45 | (25.1) | 62 | 1.4 | 1–2 | 11.2 | 7.0–16.0 | 44 | 34.4 | 3–200 |
| General shop | 83 | (46.4) | 123 | 1.5 | 1–2 | 13.1 | 6.0–16.0 | 83 | 15.0 | 2–100 |
| Homestead | 23 | (12.8) | 26 | 1.1 | 1–2 | 14.2 | 8.0–17.0 | 23 | 5.6 | 1–10 |
| Otherc | 4 | (2.2) | 5 | 1.3 | 1–2 | 11.6 | 8.0–15.0 | 4 | 12.5 | 10–20 |
| Total | 179 | (100.0)b | 263 | 1.5 | 1–4 | 12.6 | 6.0–17.0 | 175 | 25.7 | 1–250 |
aN = 175 drug outlets; four removed from analysis due to estimates >3 standard deviations above mean (outliers)
bTotal equals slightly less than 100 % due to rounding
cOther category included mobile vendors, veterinary shops stocking human and animal medicines and shops operated by for-profit community-based organisations