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Table S9. Characteristics of included quantitative studies summarized by world region East Asia and Pacific ? ? Study Country Comparison Quality Category Sub-Category Method Babar, 2007 [1] Malaysia? 20 public general hospitals vs. 32 private retail pharmacies Structural Drug availability Observations * Barber, 2007 [2] Indonesia? 582 public health centres (staffed on average by 1.43 doctors) vs. 523 private MDs Structural Building, equipment, material Observations * 577 public health centres (staffed on average by 1.43 doctors) vs. 241 private MDs Technical Competence Case scenarios/ vignettes * Garner, 1990 [3] Papua New Guinea? 36 public clinics (26 health centres 10 sub-centres) vs. 35 church clinics (12 health centres 23 sub-centres) Structural Building, equipment, material Observations * Lim, 2004 [4] China? 1114 visitors of public vs. 767 visitors of private clinics Delivery Patient satisfaction Household survey * Liu, 2006 [5] China? 1555 visitors of non-private vs. 147 visitors of private providers Delivery Patient satisfaction Household survey * Meng, 2000 [6] China? 24 public vs. 23 private village clinics Structural Building, equipment, material Observations * Technical Competence Case scenarios/ vignettes Peters, 1991 [7] Philippines? 27 public and 11 private clinics for vaccine provision and 12 public and 10 private clinics for vaccine storage Structural Building, equipment, material Observations * ? ? 27 public and 21 private clinics Technical Competence Case scenarios/ vignettes * Pongsupap, 2006 [8] Thailand? 91 public clinics and hospitals vs. 120 private clinics and hospitals Delivery Effort Stand. Patient Delivery Responsiveness Stand. Patient * Technical Clinical practice Stand. Patient Prempree, 2007 [9] Thailand? 18 government vs. 8 private clinics/hospital OPDs (36 STI patients were reported in private clinics and 52 in public health centres) Technical Clinical practice Medical Record or Prescription * Sihavong