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Table 2 Characteristics of anti-malarial customers

From: Expanding access to parasite-based malaria diagnosis through retail drug shops in Tanzania: evidence from a randomized trial and implications for treatment

 

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

Subsidized (n = 91)

Unsubsidized (n = 82)

Control (n = 86)

χ 2 p value

Subsidized (n = 266)

Unsubsidized (n = 330)

Control (n = 359)

χ 2 p value

Customer age (median, range)

30 (18–67)

34 (18–68)

33 (18–83)

 

30 (6–79)

32 (12–92)

30 (14–82)

 

Male (%, 95% CI)

44.0 (33.7–54.3)

47.6 (36.6–58.5)

52.3 (41.7–63.0)

0.536

47.4 (41.3–53.4)

49.4 (44.0–54.8)

51.5 (46.3–56.7)

0.585

Completed > Primary school (%, 95% CI)

15.4 (7.9–22.9)

24.4 (15.0–33.8)

20.9 (12.2–29.6)

0.327

21.1 (16.1–26.0)

13.9 (10.2–17.7)

21.2 (16.9–25.4)

0.025

Wealth quintile (%, 95% CI)

 Lowest

14.3 (7.0–21.5)

30.5 (20.4–40.6)

17.4 (9.3–25.5)

0.337

17.7 (13.1–22.3)

18.2 (14.1–22.4)

24.8 (20.3–29.3)

0.248

 Lower

20.9 (12.4–29.3)

18.3 (9.8–26.8)

20.9 (12.2–29.6)

21.8 (16.8–26.8)

21.9 (17.4–26.4)

18.1 (14.1–22.1)

 Middle

23.1 (14.3–31.8)

13.4 (6.0–20.9)

22.1 (13.2–31.0)

22.9 (17.9–28.0)

18.2 (14.1–22.4)

20.6 (16.4–24.8)

 Higher

20.9 (12.4–29.3)

 20.7 (11.9–29.6)

20.9 (12.2–29.6) 

20.3 (15.5–25.1)

21.3 (16.8–25.7)

17.5 (13.6–21.5)

 Highest

20.9 (12.4–29.3)

17.1 (8.8–25.3)

18.6 (10.3–26.9)

17.3 (12.7–21.9)

20.4 (16.0–24.7)

18.9 (14.9–23.0)

Patient is customer or is with customer (present at ADDO) (%, 95% CI)

59.3 (49.1–69.5)

59.1 (45.2–67.0)

68.6 (58.7–78.5)

0.221

81.6 (76.9–86.3)

74.8 (70.2–79.5)

68.0 (63.1–72.8)

0.001