Table 2.

Overview of the level of compliance of local private pharmaceutical distributors, by quality assurance criterion

	Distributors	General quality requirements		Good distribution practices		Cold chain management
	N	Median (IQR)	Min–max	Median (IQR)	Min–max	Median (IQR)	Min–max
Full sample	60 (44*)	1.1 (0.5–2.0)	0.3–3.3	1.5 (0.8–2.3)	0.0–3.6	2.0 (1.0–3.0)	0.0–4.0
Geographical region	n
Sub-Saharan Africa	30 (20*)	0.8 (0.3–1.3)	0.3–3.0	1.0 (0.6–1.8)	0.0–2.6	1.0 (0.0–2.0)	0.0–4.0
Outside sub-Saharan Africa	30 (24*)	1.5 (0.8–2.5)	0.3–3.3	2.0 (1.4–2.7)	0.0–3.6	2.0 (1.7–3.0)	0.0–4.0
Income	n
Low-income countries	29 (20*)	0.8 (0.3–1.3)	0.3–2.0	1.0 (0.6–1.6)	0.0–2.6	1.0 (0.0–2.0)	0.0–3.0
Middle-income countries	31 (24*)	2.0 (0.9–2.5)	0.3–3.4	2.0 (1.4–2.7)	0.0–3.6	2.0 (2.0–3.3)	0.0–4.0

The level of compliance was evaluated on a scale from 0 to 4.

*Number of distributors supplying cold chain products.