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Table 2 Access to, and affordability of AMFm ACTs as measured by proximity, price, and availability in the study sites
| Characteristics | Districts | Total | Chi square | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asante-Akim North | Asante-Akim South | Shama | Kpone Katamanso District | West Gonja | ||||
| Total number of LCS per district | N = 36 (%) | N = 34 (%) | N = 36 (%) | N = 34 (%) | N = 9 (%) | 149 | ||
| LCS distance to the health facility (proximity) | ||||||||
| Up to 100 m | 8 (22.2) | 11 (32.4) | 2 (5.6) | 8 (23.5) | 3 (33.3) | 32 (21.5) | 8.643 | 0.071 |
| More than 100 m | 28 (77.8) | 23 (67.6) | 34 (94.4) | 26 (76.5) | 6 (66.7) | 117 (78.5) | ||
| Pricing of ACTs | N = 20 | N = 20 | † | N = 20 | N = 27 | |||
| Affordable (GHC 1.5 or less)a | 16 (80.0) | 11 (55.0) | † | 14 (70.0) | 17 (63.0) | 58 (66.7) | 3.092 | 0.378 |
| Not affordable (more than GHC 1.5) | 4 (20.0) | 9 (35.0) | † | 6 (30.0) | 10 (37.0) | 29 (33.3) | ||
| Availability of AMFm ACTs | N = 20 (%) | N = 21 (%) | N = 22 (%) | N = 20 (%) | N = 8 (%) | 91 | ||
| ACTs with green leaf logo | 5 (25.0) | 5 (23.8) | 6 (27.3) | 4 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (22.0) | 2.806 | 0.591 |
| Others | 15 (75.0) | 16 (76.2) | 16 (72.7) | 16 (80.0) | 8 (100) | 71 (78.0) | ||
