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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of patients in the public and private sectors

From: Private sector drug shops frequently dispense parenteral anti-malarials in a rural region of Western Uganda

 

Public health centresa

Drug shopsb

p-value

Patients (n, %)

1531 (39.3)

2080 (53.3)

–

Female (n, %)

877 (57.3)

1063 (53.3)

0.018

Age (median, IQR)

16 (9–27)

19 (9–30)

0.004d

Age category (n, %) (years)

 < 5

166 (10.9)

306 (14.8)

< 0.001

 5–12

366 (24.1)

320 (15.5)

 > 12

989 (65.0)

1443 (69.7)

 Villages with health centre

685 (44.8)

923 (44.7)

0.97

 Remote villagesc

295 (19.3)

486 (23.6)

0.002

 Weekend

12 (0.8)

503 (25.6)

< 0.001

  1. aExcludes 289 (7.4%) patients < 5 years of age treated by VHTs
  2. bIncludes the 45 patients seen at the private RMS Level III Health Centre
  3. cDefined as villages at least 3 km from the Bugoye Level III Health Centre
  4. dProbability obtained by comparison of medians using Mann–Whitney two sample test
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Malaria Journal

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