Expanding access to parasite-based malaria diagnosis through retail drug shops in Tanzania: evidence from a randomized trial and implications for treatment

Table 1 Total shop and exit interviews conducted and included in analysis

District	Pre-intervention (March 2013)				Post-intervention (May 2014)
District	ADDOs surveyed	ADDOs with ACT in Stock^a	Total Exit Interviews	Interviews where patient present and ACT in Stock^b	ADDOs surveyed	ADDOs with ACT in Stock^a	Total Exit Interviews	Interviews where patient present and ACT in Stock^b
Subsidized (Kilombero)	87	59	91	54	76	52	266	217
Unsubsidized (Kilosa)	85	66	82	46	87	63	330	247
Control (Mvomero)	88	69	86	59	91	57	359	244
Total	260	194	259	159	254	172	955	708

^a’ACT in stock’ defined as no stock-outs in the past 30 days
^bOnly customer interviews from shops with ACT medicines in stock and the patient present were included in analysis (i.e., the patient had the opportunity to be tested and purchase an ACT medicine)

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