Leveraging the private sector for child health: a qualitative examination of caregiver and provider perspectives on private sector care for childhood pneumonia in Uttar Pradesh, India

Table 2 Provider characteristics (N = 36)

	Allopathic	AYUSH	Drug sellers
Gender
Male	11	11	12
Female	1	1	0
Mean age (years)	60	46	38
Mean number of years of experience	29	20	13
Designation
	Generalist 9	Ayurvedic 5	Licensed 4
	Pediatrician 3	Homeopath 4	Unlicensed 8
	Pediatrician 3	Unani 3	Unlicensed 8
Dispensing
Yes	7	9	12
No	5	3	0

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