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Table 4 Median cost to patients of one adult equivalent treatment dose of all formulations (adults and children) of quality-assured artemisinin combination therapies in remote areas and non-remote areas at endline in Ghana and Kenya in US dollars, 2011–2012

From: The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm): are remote areas benefiting from the intervention?

Country/type of outlet

Remote areas

Non-remote areas

p value*

Median cost (IQR)

N

Median cost (IQR)

N

All QAACTs

 Ghana, total

1.25 (0.94–1.88)

187

0.95 (0.94–1.88)

923

0.0652

  Public health facility

0.95 (0.941.88)

46

0.94 (0.940.94)

66

0.3742

  Private not-for-profit health facilitya

0.94 (0.000.94)

5

0.94 (0.000.94)

20

0.2113

  Private for-profit outlet

1.25 (0.941.88)

114

1.25 (0.941.88)

837

0.9742

  Community health workera

1.25 (1.251.50)

22

0

 Kenya, total

0.00 (0.00–0.69)

412

0.46 (0.00–0.61)

1864

<0.0001

  Public health facility

0.00 (0.000.00)

182

0.00 (0.000.00)

342

  Private not-for-profit health facility

0.00 (0.000.31)

46

0.00 (0.001.04)

116

0.2534

  Private for-profit outlet

0.81 (0.461.38)

180

0.46 (0.460.92)

1406

<0.0001

  Community health workera

1.73 (1.153.45)

4

0

QAACTs with AMFm logo

 Ghana, total

1.00 (0.94–1.88)

156

0.94 (0.94–1.88)

845

0.1121

  Public health facility

0.94 (0.941.25)

39

0.94 (0.940.94)

62

0.0624

  Private not-for-profit health facilitya

0.94 (0.000.94)

5

0.94 (0.000.95)

19

0.1971

  Private for-profit outlet

1.25 (0.941.88)

112

1.00 (0.941.88)

764

0.0363

  Community health workera

0

0

 Kenya, total

0.46 (0.00–1.15)

292

0.46 (0.46–0.69)

1539

0.2423

  Public health facility

0.00 (0.000.00)

90

0.00 (0.000.00)

156

  Private not-for-profit health facility

0.00 (0.000.31)

26

0.46 (0.000.69)

45

0.2612

  Private for-profit outlet

0.69 (0.461.38)

172

0.46 (0.460.92)

1338

<0.0001

  Community health workera

1.73 (1.153.45)

4

0

  1. IQR interquartile range, N number of products audited, AMFm affordable medicine facility-malaria
  2. * p value for Wilcoxon rank sum test for difference between remote and non-remote areas
  3. aThese are presented in the table because they contribute to the country overall estimates; however, they are not discussed in the text because of the small sample