Fever case management at private health facilities and private pharmacies on the Kenyan coast: analysis of data from two rounds of client exit interviews and mystery client visits

Table 1 Outlet and client sample description by survey round and outlet type

Description	2014			2015
Description	Private health facility (N)	Reg’d pharmacy (N)	All outlets (N)	Private health facility (N)	Reg’d pharmacy (N)	All outlets (N)
Outlet sample
Outlets ever enrolled in project	142	175	317	142	175	317
Outlets active in the project at the time of fieldwork^b	106	61	167	–^a	–^a	146
Outlets selected for the study	86	44	130	–^a	–^a	128
Outlets screened	86	44	130	89	33	122
Outlets eligible^c	86	44	130	89	31	120
Client sample
Clients approached for inclusion	1133	551	1684	1970	1053	3023
Clients screened	1122	542	1664	1915	994	2909
Clients eligible	417	122	539	501	150	651
Clients interviewed^d	413^e	121	534	493	140	633
Patients < 5 years	100	24	124	173	35	208
Patients 5 years and older	311	97	408	320	105	425
Clients interviewed not previously tested for this febrile episode	374^f	81	455	450	91	541
Patients < 5 years	88	12	100	158	20	178
Patients 5 years and older	285	69	354	292	71	363
Average number of clients interviewed per facility at which clients were interviewed (mean)	4.9	3.2	4.4	5.9	5.0	5.7
Average number of clients interviewed per facility at which clients were interviewed (median)	4 [2,3,4,5,6]	3 [1,2,3,4,5]	4 [2,3,4,5,6]	4 [2,3,4,5,6,7,8]	4 [3,4,5,6,7,8]	4 [2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

^aDue to staff turnover, this information is not available
^bOutlets were considered active if, at the time of data collection, they had placed at least one order for RDTs through the project
^cEligible outlets were those with diagnostic services available on the day of survey, defined as offering an RDT service or the reported availability of a functioning microscope and supplies of slides and stain
^dInterviewed means that the client questionnaire is complete, or the interview was interrupted after questions about diagnostic testing had been answered
^e2 cases at private health facilities are missing information on client age
^f1 case at a private health facility is missing information on client age

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