Table 3. Data collection methods.
| Study | Outcomes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First author | Country | Uptake | Positivity | ACT consumption | Adherence | Antibiotic usage | Referrals | Safety & Accuracy | Retail Price |
| (% of treatment seeking patients receiving RDT) | (% of patients receiving an RDT who tested positive) | (% of patients presenting with fever who got an ACT) | (% of those testing negative/positive/not tested receiving ACT or AM) | (% of febrile patients testing positive/negative taking antibiotic) | (% of patients referred elsewhere by the provider for further care) | (% of providers who could accurately perform an RDT/ interpret results/dispose of waste) | (Median retail price in US$) | ||
| Allan | Liberia | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper | Exit interviews | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper |
| Ansah | Ghana | Provider records | Provider records | Provider records | Provider records | Provider records | Provider records | Direct observations | NA |
| Aung | Myanmar | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper | NA | NA | NA | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper |
| Awor | Uganda | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Direct observations | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Cohen | Uganda | Provider records | Provider records | Monthly household surveys | Monthly household surveys | Monthly household surveys | NA | Supervision visits | Supervision visits |
| Maloney | Tanzania | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | NA | Supervision visits | Supervision visits |
| Mbonye | Uganda | Provider records | Provider records | Provider records | Provider records | Household follow up surveys | Provider records | Supervision visits | Household follow up surveys |
| Onwujekwe | Nigeria | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews and provider records | Exit interviews and provider records | Exit interviews and provider records | Exit interviews | NA | Exit interviews |
| Poyer | Kenya | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | NA | Exit interviews |
| Streat | Nigeria | Provider records and exit interviews | Provider records | NA | Provider records | NA | NA | Supervision visits | Exit interviews |
| Streat | Uganda | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | NA | NA | Supervision visits | Exit interviews |
| Streat | Zambia | Exit interviews | Exit interviews | NA | Mystery shopper | Mystery shopper | NA | Mystery shopper | Exit interviews |