Table 1 Survey-adjusted, one-way frequencies of select variables
Characteristic | Value | N | % | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Antimalarial category purchased | Chloroquine | 468 | 9.0 | 7.9-10.2 |
ACT | 1,109 | 21.4 | 19.1-23.8 | |
Quinine | 2,356 | 45.5 | 43.5-47.6 | |
SP | 661 | 12.8 | 11.6-14.0 | |
Other antimalarial | 110 | 2.1 | 1.6-2.7 | |
Non-antimalarial | 469 | 9.1 | 8.0-10.1 | |
Had the shop at which the interview took place been supplied with subsidized ACT according to Surgipharm data? | Not supplied | 4,146 | 80.1 | 77.3-83.0 |
Supplied | 1,027 | 19.9 | 17.0-22.7 | |
Age of the patient | <5 years | 1,726 | 33.4 | 32.0-34.8 |
≥5 years | 3,442 | 66.6 | 65.2-68.0 | |
Age of the respondent | <20 years | 767 | 15.0 | 13.9-16.1 |
20-29 years | 2,156 | 41.7 | 40.4-43.1 | |
30-39 years | 1,502 | 29.1 | 27.9-30.2 | |
≥40 years | 732 | 14.2 | 13.2-15.1 | |
Gender of the patient | Female | 2,370 | 45.8 | 44.6-47.0 |
Male | 2,803 | 54.2 | 53.0-55.4 | |
Gender of the respondent | Female | 2,581 | 49.9 | 48.4-51.3 |
Male | 2,592 | 50.1 | 48.7-51.5 | |
How long ago did symptoms begin? | <24 hours | 2,862 | 57.0 | 54.9-59.0 |
24-48 hours | 1,551 | 30.9 | 29.2-32.5 | |
>48 hours | 612 | 12.2 | 11.0-13.4 | |
How long of a delay was there between onset of patient’s symptoms and initiation of any treatment? | <24 hours | 3,221 | 64.0 | 61.9-66.1 |
24-48 hours | 1,438 | 28.6 | 26.7-30.4 | |
>48 hours | 377 | 7.5 | 6.6-8.4 | |
How long does it take the respondent to walk to the outlet at which the interview took place? | <15 minutes | 2,223 | 43.1 | 41.1-45.1 |
15-29 minutes | 1,898 | 36.8 | 35.1-38.5 | |
30-59 minutes | 860 | 16.7 | 15.2-18.1 | |
1-1.9 hours | 150 | 2.9 | 2.3-3.5 | |
≥2 hours | 31 | 0.6 | 0.3-0.8 | |
How long does it take the respondent to walk to the nearest public health facility? | <15 minutes | 685 | 13.3 | 11.8-14.8 |
15-29 minutes | 1,471 | 28.6 | 26.6-30.5 | |
30-59 minutes | 2,014 | 39.1 | 36.9-41.4 | |
1-1.9 hours | 777 | 15.1 | 13.4-16.7 | |
≥2 hours | 199 | 3.9 | 3.0-4.8 | |
What is the primary reason that the respondent selected this medicine? | Used it before | 2,550 | 49.3 | 47.5-51.1 |
Recommended by health worker/seller | 2,137 | 41.3 | 39.6-43.1 | |
Only medicine available | 210 | 4.1 | 3.2-4.9 | |
Price | 184 | 3.6 | 2.9-4.2 | |
Other | 91 | 1.8 | 1.4-2.1 |