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

Choi, Yoonjoung; Ametepi, Paul

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-266

Table 6 **Relative differences in estimates compared to reference estimates* (ratio) among 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

Definition	Country	Managing authority							Level
		Public			Non-public				Primary			Health center				Hospital
		n†	Mean	SE	n†	Mean	SE	p-value‡	n†	Mean	SE	n†	Mean	SE	p-value‡	n†	Mean	SE	p-value‡
Current availability
Reported
	Kenya	32	1.36	0.24	32	1.02	0.01	0.17	32	1.09	0.04	31	1.02	0.01	0.06	32	1.01	0.00	0.04
	Namibia	30	1.09	0.05	32	1.03	0.01	0.20	30	1.08	0.03	26	1.02	0.01	0.12	32	1.01	0.00	0.03
	Rwanda	32	1.04	0.01	31	1.02	0.01	0.42	26	1.03	0.01	32	1.05	0.02	0.34	30	1.01	0.01	0.01
	Tanzania	31	1.08	0.06	32	1.02	0.00	0.26	31	1.07	0.04	30	1.01	0.00	0.09	31	1.03	0.01	0.33
	Uganda	30	1.04	0.02	31	1.04	0.03	0.96	29	1.02	0.01	30	1.04	0.01	0.21	31	1.05	0.03	0.39
Observed, at least one unit regardless of validity
	Kenya	32	1.35	0.24	32	1.02	0.00	0.17	32	1.09	0.04	31	1.00	0.00	0.04	32	1.00	0.00	0.04
	Namibia	30	1.08	0.05	32	1.02	0.01	0.19	30	1.07	0.03	26	1.02	0.01	0.25	32	1.00	0.00	0.06
	Rwanda	32	1.00	0.00	31	1.01	0.00	0.26	26	1.01	0.00	32	1.01	0.00	0.60	30	1.00	0.00	0.03
	Tanzania	31	1.07	0.06	32	1.01	0.00	0.27	31	1.06	0.04	30	1.00	0.00	0.13	31	1.01	0.01	0.22
	Uganda	30	1.02	0.01	31	1.00	0.00	0.37	29	1.01	0.01	30	1.01	0.01	0.92	31	1.01	0.01	0.84
Observed, all units valid
	Kenya	32	0.87	0.05	32	0.89	0.05	0.74	32	0.89	0.05	31	0.91	0.04	0.78	32	0.90	0.04	0.85
	Namibia	30	0.91	0.05	32	0.92	0.04	0.91	30	0.89	0.05	26	0.86	0.05	0.63	32	0.92	0.04	0.69
	Rwanda	32	0.87	0.01	31	0.83	0.02	0.19	26	0.86	0.03	32	0.85	0.01	0.70	30	0.88	0.01	0.36
	Tanzania	31	0.99	0.00	32	0.98	0.00	0.60	31	0.98	0.00	30	0.99	0.01	0.16	31	0.99	0.00	<0.001
	Uganda	30	0.74	0.03	31	0.87	0.02	<0.001	29	0.81	0.03	30	0.78	0.04	0.55	31	0.82	0.01	0.65
Six-month period availability
	Kenya	32	0.76	0.03	32	0.90	0.01	0.00	32	0.86	0.01	31	0.89	0.02	0.16	32	0.87	0.01	0.39
	Namibia	30	0.94	0.02	32	0.97	0.01	0.15	30	0.92	0.03	26	0.93	0.02	0.70	32	0.98	0.00	0.05
	Rwanda	32	0.85	0.03	31	0.89	0.02	0.29	26	0.86	0.04	32	0.87	0.03	0.88	30	0.91	0.02	0.26
	Tanzania	31	0.80	0.04	32	0.91	0.01	0.01	31	0.86	0.02	30	0.87	0.02	0.81	31	0.90	0.02	0.17
	Uganda	30	0.70	0.03	31	0.82	0.03	0.01	29	0.81	0.02	30	0.74	0.03	0.09	31	0.78	0.03	0.43

SE: standard error.
*Reference value: percent of facilities with at least one valid unit observed on the day of survey.
† n is less than 32, when reference estimates were zero for one or more medicines among the 32.
‡ P-value for t-test of ratio distributions compared public facilities or primary facilities.

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