Table 2 Patient and outlet characteristics by survey round and outlet type

Proportion of eligible outlets with

N = 86 outlets

N = 44 outlets

N = 89 outlets

N = 31 outlets

 Malaria RDT testing

87.5

100

0.012

96.6

100

0.297

 Functioning microscopy

83.4

1.9

< 0.001

77.5

6.4

< 0.001

 Thermometer

98.8

74.4

< 0.001

100

87.1

0.001

 Child scale

72.7

9.0

< 0.001

74.2

3.2

< 0.001

 AL tablets

97.7

100

0.306

97.8

100

0.402

 Government guidelines for IMCI or diagnosis and treatment of malaria

96.7

79.2

0.001

97.8

77.4

< 0.001

 Sharps container

100

92.8

0.015

100

100

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Patient characteristics

N = 413

N = 121

N = 493

N = 140

Patient present

 Yes

99.4

74.9

< 0.001

99.5

85.1

< 0.001

Patient gender^a

 Male

43.8

55.7

0.015

49.1

57.1

0.074

Patient age (years)^b

 0–4

24.9

20.4

0.293

36.6

25.4

0.080

 ≥ 5

75.1

79.6

63.4

74.6

Patient/client education level^c

 None

12.7

4.1

0.027

20.5

17.5

0.364

 Primary

36.2

28.5

38.3

32.7

 Secondary

29.4

38.3

28.6

37.8

 University/Tertiary

21.7

29.1

12.7

12.0

Patient/client socioeconomic status^d

 Lowest

17.8

11.1

0.022

21.3

13.5

0.132

 Second

19.6

10.1

20.6

13.3

 Middle

20.3

21.8

20.7

20.9

 Fourth

23.5

21.4

20.3

21.1

 Highest

18.9

35.6

17.2

31.3

Previous treatment sought for this fever episode^e

 Yes

18.2

31.8

0.005

20.0

40.2

< 0.001

Previous blood test during this fever episode^f

 Yes

7.7

16.4

0.020

8.2

24.4

< 0.001

Symptoms on day of interview^g

 Fever

82.4

80.6

0.708

85.5

75.6

0.161

 Cough

32.3

28.1

0.490

36.2

31.6

0.413

 Diarrhoea

9.8

10.7

0.809

14.1

9.0

0.272