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Table 6 Linear regression model of predictors of higher expenditures for antimalarial drugs

From: Malaria treatment in the retail sector: Knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania

  

Univariate model

Multivariate model

Risk factors

n

Estimated effect (95% CI)

P*

Estimated effect (95% CI)

P*

Case scenario

     

- Child 2–4 months

20

1

 

1

 

- Child 1–4 years

22

-0.12 (-0.42 to 0.18)

0.423

-0.16 (-0.37 to 0.05)

0.124

- Adult

26

-0.15 (-0.44 to 0.13)

0.285

-0.25 (-0.45 to -0.06)

0.012

Number of products

68

0.19 (0.11 to 0.27)

<0.001

0.12 (0.05 to 0.19)

0.001

Shop type

     

- General shop

50

1

 

1

 

- Drug store

18

0.75 (0.56 to 0.95)

<0.001

0.59 (0.38 to 0.80)

<0.001

Location

     

- Ifakara

15

1

 

1

 

- DSS

53

-0.11 (-0.39 to 0.17)

0.434

-0.06 (-0.24 to 0.13)

0.548

  1. *Wald test of significance of effect