Table 6.
Quality of Treatment for Diarrhea & ARI, among Infants/ Children 2-59 m
| Medicine shops (%) | Physician-run Clinics (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximity to hospital (in minutes) | < 30 min | 30–60 min | >60 min | All | |
| Diarrhea | |||||
| Dispense or refer only | 57 | 2 | 5 | 64 | |
| Assess & treat | n = 222 | n = 112 | n = 103 | n = 437 | n = 86 |
| ORS most/ all cases | 93 | 89 | 88 | 91 | 98 |
| Zinc most/ all cases | 69 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 90† |
| No antibiotics for non-bloody diarrhea | 25 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 30 |
| Antibiotics for bloody diarrhea: | |||||
| Ciprofloxacin or other quinolone | 19 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 18†† |
| Metronidazole | 26 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 31 |
| A cephalosporin antibiotic | 16 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 38† |
| Cotrimoxozole | 22 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 11 |
| Acute Respiratory Infection | |||||
| Dispense/ refer only | 59 | 5 | 6 | 70 | |
| Assess & treat | n = 220 | n = 109 | n = 102 | n = 431 | n = 86 |
| Antibiotic based on respiratory rate | 97 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
| Specific antibiotics used: | |||||
| Amoxicillin +/− clavulanate | 70 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 65 |
| Cefixime | 17 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
| Other cephalosporin | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Cotrimoxazole | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Azithromicin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Other | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Note that due to rounding, in some instances totals may not sum to exactly 100%
† p-value on difference between medicine shops and clinics < 0.001
†† p-value on difference between medicine shops and clinics < 0.05