Table 3 Results of the cluster analysis
Retail drug shop characteristics | High rate or low rate | No. of cases in cluster | No. of expected cases | No. of controls in cluster | Log likelihood ratio | Relative risk | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sells ACTs more than any other antimalarial | Low | 4 | 12.54 | 28 | 8.24 | 0.23 | .007* |
Offers diagnostic testing (MST or RDT) | Low | 0 | 4.45 | 45 | 6.62 | 0 | .014* |
Medicine retailer characteristics | |||||||
 Has more than a secondary school education | Low | 0 | 8.57 | 13 | 16.24 | 0 | <.001* |
 Has health-related training | Low | 0 | 1.74 | 2 | 4.21 | 0 | .352 |
 Is trained in pharmacy, rather than nursing/midwifery | Low | 1 | 8.9 | 22 | 10.3 | 0.09 | .001* |
 Is trained in nursing/midwifery rather than pharmacy | Low | 0 | 4.25 | 8 | 6.58 | 2.45 | .053* |
 Did identify ACTs as the MOH-recommended firstline antimalarial for non-complicated malaria | Low | 0 | 4.4 | 7 | 7.46 | 0 | .025* |
Medicine retailer behaviors | |||||||
 Would recommend appropriate malaria treatment for children under 5 | Low | 2 | 5.86 | 11 | 2.98 | 0.31 | .877 |
 Would recommend appropriate malaria treatment for adults | Low | 2 | 9.34 | 15 | 8.5 | 0.18 | .010* |