Table 1 Characteristics of drug shops and their customers over the four post-subsidy surveys
November 2007 | March 2008 | August 2008 | November 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shops | 138 | 146 | 151 | 166 |
Newly opened | * | 36 | 32 | 20 |
Reopened | * | * | 9 | 18 |
Closed | * | 28 | 36 | 23 |
Stocking ACT | 77 (55.8%) | 87 (59.6%) | 107 (70.9%) | 121 (72.9%) |
Stocking branded generic SP | 110 (79.7%) | 96 (65.8%) | 116 (76.8%) | 129 (77.7%) |
Stocking Orodar | 85 (61.6%) | 62 (42.5%) | 82 (54.3%) | 88 (53.0%) |
Stocking Malafin | 30 (21.7%) | 26 (17.8%) | 52 (34.4%) | 65 (39.2%) |
Customers surveyed buying drug for malaria or fever | 443 | 415 | 746 | 972 |
Buying antimalarial | 292 (65.9%) | 290 (69.9%) | 455 (61.0%) | 572 (58.9%) |
Buying ACT | 90 (20.3%) | 129 (31.1%) | 200 (26.8%) | 225 (23.2%) |
Buying branded generic SP | 88 (19.9%) | 76 (18.3%) | 158 (21.2%) | 209 (21.5%) |