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Table 5 SES and Rural-Urban differences in methods of diagnosis of malaria

From: Improving quality of malaria treatment services: assessing inequities in consumers' perceptions and providers' behaviour in Nigeria

 

Blood tests

History

Temperature

Heart rate

Respiration n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

SES

     

Q1 most poor

100 (18.3)

469 (85.9)

185 (33.9)

65 (11.9)

123 (22.5)

Q2 very poor

95 (17.4)

486 (89.2)

226 (41.5)

43 (7.9)

140 (25.7)

Q3 poor

110 (20.1)

515 (94.2)

261 (47.7)

36 (6.6

197 (36.0)

Q4 least poor

128 (23.5)

506 (92.8)

241 (44.2)

35 (6.4)

171 (31.4)

Equity (Q1:Q4) ratio

0.8

0.9

0.8

1.9

0.7

Chi-square(p-value)

7.4 (.061)

26.6 (< .0001)

23.3 (< .0001)

14.2 (.003)

28.6(< .0001)

R/U differences

     

Rural

203 (24.7)

757 (92.2)

331 (40.3)

213 (25.9)

171(20.8)

Urban

252 (16.8)

1340 (89.4)

624 (41.6)

447 (29.8)

419 (28.0)

Equity (R:U ratio

1.47

1.03

0.96

0.87

0.74

Chi-square(p-value)

21.1 (< 001)

4.8 (.028)

0.38 (.54)

3.9 (.048)

14.3 (< .001)