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. 2017 May 25;16:219. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-1824-x

Table 3.

Description of fever patients, by outlet type

Private for-profit health facility Pharmacy Drug store All private sector outlets
N = 630 N = 219 N = 424 N = 1273
Respondent is the patient and present at the outlet/consultation 85.4 (79.5–89.9) 49.4 (36.5–62.3) 65.3 (58.9–71.2) 74.2 (69.5–78.4)
Prior to the current visit, the percent of all respondents that:
Sought treatment from another source 20.8 (16.7–25.7) 37.6 (28.8–47.2) 24.4 (19.3–30.4) 23.1 (19.7–27.0)
Sought treatment from a public sector source 5.9 (3.6–9.4) 18.0 (12.7–25.0) 12.8 (8.9–17.9) 9.7 (7.4–12.6)
Sought treatment from a private sector source 14.9 (11.3–19.3) 19.9 (9.8–36.3) 15.6 (10.3–22.8) 13.8 (10.7–17.7)
Received a malaria blood test from a previous treatment source 6.5 (4.3–9.8) 25.5 (17.3–35.9) 8.5 (5.1–14.0) 8.6 (7.0–10.5)
Received any medicine from a previous treatment source 19.6 (15.6–24.4) 16.7 (10.1–26.4) 22.8 (16.8–30.0) 20.5 (16.8–24.6)
Received an anti-malarial from a previous treatment source 12.4 (9.0–16.8) 7.1 (3.3–14.6) 13.0 (9.8–17.2) 12.5 (9.9–15.8)