Table 2.
Study area characteristics (pph = people per hectare; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval).
| Demographics | All districts (n = 40) |
Hà Nội districts (n = 11) |
Thanh Hóa districts (n = 10) |
An Giang districts (n = 10) |
Cà Mau districts (n = 9) |
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| Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | |
| Population density (pph) | 9.6 | (7.7–11.6) | 14.7 | (10.6–18.8) | 10.7 | (8–13.4) | 8.2 | (4.8–11.5) | 3.8 | (1.7–6) |
| Poverty index | 0.057 | (0.046–0.067) | 0.023 | (0.012–0.035) | 0.053 | (0.042–0.065) | 0.059 | (0.039–0.078) | 0.099 | (0.084–0.114) |
| Proportion rural land cover | 0.879 | (0.842–0.916) | 0.833 | (0.752–0.914) | 0.948 | (0.904–0.991) | 0.889 | (0.821–0.958) | 0.846 | (0.744–0.949) |
| Proportion urban land cover | 0.071 | (0.04–0.102) | 0.118 | (0.049–0.188) | 0.029 | (0.006–0.053) | 0.078 | (0.025–0.13) | 0.053 | (0.0–0.153) |
| Drug outlets | ||||||||||
| Number of drug outlets (total) | 1972 | 810 | 479 | 429 | 254 | |||||
|
Mean |
95% CI |
Mean |
95% CI |
Mean |
95% CI |
Mean |
95% CI |
Mean |
95% CI |
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| Drug outlet density (outlets per 100,000 people) | 101.6 | (85.6–117.7) | 133.0 | (88.9–177.2) | 97.7 | (86.7–108.7) | 88.9 | (71.2–106.7) | 81.7 | (38.6–124.9) |
| Proportion ‘pharmacies’ | 0.091 | (0.02–0.163) | 0.019 | (0.006–0.033) | 0.091 | (0.0–0.195) | 0.188 | (0.0–0.452) | 0.072 | (0.0–0.204) |
| Proportion ‘drug counters’ | 0.798 | (0.729–0.868) | 0.894 | (0.861–0.927) | 0.744 | (0.641–0.848) | 0.718 | (0.466–0.97) | 0.831 | (0.714–0.948) |
| Proportion ‘medical stations’ | 0.110 | (0.092–0.128) | 0.087 | (0.058–0.115) | 0.164 | (0.128–0.201) | 0.094 | (0.061–0.127) | 0.097 | (0.059–0.134) |
| Registration | ||||||||||
| Proportion displaying registration | 0.527 | (0.449–0.605) | 0.323 | (0.261–0.385) | 0.311 | (0.229–0.393) | 0.765 | (0.699–0.83) | 0.752 | (0.662–0.842) |
| Pharmacists | ||||||||||
| Proportion with named pharmacist | 0.710 | (0.669–0.75) | 0.646 | (0.571–0.721) | 0.611 | (0.576–0.645) | 0.792 | (0.717–0.867) | 0.806 | (0.735–0.877) |
| BPharm qualification | 0.052 | (0–0.105) | 0.007 | (0.001–0.012) | 0.031 | (0.003–0.059) | 0.155 | (0.0–0.368) | 0.019 | (0.0–0.05) |
| CDPharm qualification | 0.427 | (0.345–0.509) | 0.291 | (0.212–0.369) | 0.230 | (0.149–0.311) | 0.566 | (0.36–0.771) | 0.657 | (0.528–0.787) |
| Unknown qualification | 0.224 | (0.173–0.275) | 0.337 | (0.258–0.416) | 0.342 | (0.283–0.401) | 0.071 | (0.031–0.112) | 0.126 | (0.017–0.234) |