Level of compliance of the full and the subsamples of local private pharmaceutical distributors, by quality assurance criterion. Level of compliance of the full and the subsamples of local private pharmaceutical distributors, by quality assurance criterion. Boxplot. Below the blue line are the distributors with no, very low or low compliance, above the blue line are the distributors with medium, good or full compliance. LIC, low-income country; MIC, middle-income country; MQAS, Model Quality Assurance System; SSA, sub-Saharan Africa. Kerlijn Van Assche et al. BMJ Glob Health 2018;3:e000771 © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.