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Table 5 Estimates of current availability of 32 medicines*: by country and managing authority (%)

From: Comparison of medicine availability measurements at health facilities: evidence from Service Provision Assessment surveys in five sub-Saharan African countries

Country

Sector

Level

 

Public

Non-public

Primary

Health center

Hospital

 

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

p-value†

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

p-value†

Mean

SE

p-value†

Kenya

33.3

5.6

37.7

4.6

0.55

33.2

4.6

40.3

5.6

0.33

50.9

5.9

0.02

Namibia

33.2

6.1

28.8

4.5

0.56

27.2

5.8

36.1

6.1

0.29

61.9

6.5

<0.001

Rwanda

46.1

6.5

41.1

5.4

0.55

22.9

3.6

46.0

6.5

<0.001

61.8

6.7

<0.001

Tanzania

33.5

6.4

42.5

5.6

0.30

35.3

6.0

39.0

5.8

0.65

55.1

6.6

0.03

Uganda

28.1

5.2

49.1

5.8

0.009

30.8

5.3

33.9

5.2

0.68

45.1

5.4

0.06

  1. SE: standard error.
  2. *Reference definition: at least one valid unit observed at the facility on the day of survey.
  3. † P-value for t-test of distributions of estimates between public and non-public facilities. The number of observations is 32 in all subgroups.