Access to health care in relation to socioeconomic status in the Amazonian area of Peru

Table 1 Children seeking care from health professionals in relation to self reported symptoms and wealth quarters

	Children seeking care from health professionals
Illness	Q1 % seeking care (total no children with illness)	Q2 % seeking care (total no children with illness)	OR	Q3 % seeking care (total no children with illness)	OR	Q4 % seeking care (total no children with illness)	OR
Cough/cold	21% (99)	28% (116)	1.62	28% (128)	1.88*	51% (104)	4.30*
Pneumonia	33% (12)	82%(11)	5.25	50% (16)	1.94	71% (14)	2.92
Cough/cold + diarrhoea	35% (62)	46% (46)	1.70	41% (37)	1.62	50% (30)	3.74*
Pneumonia and/or dysentery	50% (18)	54% (13)	1.17	67% (9)	2	70% (10)	2.33
Diarrhoea	17% (18)	27% (22)	1.05	40% (10)	1.87	20% (15)	0.93
Total	209	208		200		173

Self reported symptoms classified as illnesses based on principals from IMCI. Wealth quarters were defined by principal component analysis (PCA). Quartile 1 (Q1) represents the poorest quartile of the study sample (the relatively poorest caregivers), quartile 2 (Q2) the second poorest, quartile 3 (Q3) the second least poor quartile and quarter 4 (Q4) the least poor quartile. Amount of children seeking care from health professionals (pharmacy staff not included) is showed as percentage and total number in parenthesis. OR = Odds ratio. The Odds ratio is stated for each wealth quarter as compared to quarter 1. * = p < 0.05

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