Table 2 Inequalities in treatment seeking behaviour
| Â | Poorest 40% | Third 20% | Fourth 20% | Richest 20% | All | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) [95% CI]* | n (%) [95% CI]* | n (%) [95% CI]* | n (%) [95% CI]* | n (%) [95% CI]* | ||
|  | N = 362 | N = 292 | N = 423 | N = 565 | N = 1642 |  |
Number of days since start of symptoms c | ||||||
Same day | 31 (11.4) [5.6-22.1] | 51 (27.2) [16.6-41.3] | 77 (24.2) [17.4-32.8] | 89 (17.8) [13.5-22.9] | 248 (20.6) [16.1-25.9] | Â |
1Â day | 61 (16.3) [(9.8-25.8] | 64 (22.4) [15.6-31.0] | 82 (17.2) [10.9-26.0] | 123 (22.9) [16.6-30.6] | 330 (20.5) [16.0-25.9] | 0.044 |
2Â days | 61 (15.0) [9.5-22.8] | 54 (19.3) [11.5-30.7] | 80 (21.6) [16.1-28.4] | 126 (21.1) [17.9-27.2] | 321 (21.1) [18.1-24.4] | |
3-5 days | 121 (33.4) [24.7-43.5] | 93 (24.8) [17.2-34.2] | 118 (23.6) [16.8-32.0] | 154 (25.3) [19.6-31.6] | 486 (25.3) [21.2-29.7] | |
6+ days | 88 (23.9) [16.2-33.8] | 29 (6.4) [3.1-12.6] | 64 (13.4) [8.4-20.7] | 73 (12.6) [8.6-16.6] | 254 (12.6) [9.3-16.9] | |
First time treatment was sought for illness episode d | ||||||
Yes | 202 (60.7) [51.3-69.4] | 192 (80.9) [69.8-88.6] | 327 (82.9) [74.9-88.7] | 444 (81.2) [75.8-85.7] | 1165 (80.1) [75.2-84.2] | 0.002 |
No | 160 (39.3) [30.7-48.7] | 98 (19.1) [11.4-30.2] | 93 (17.1) [11.3-25.1] | 118 (18.8) [14.3-24.2] | 469 (19.9) [15.8-24.9] | |
Of those that previously sought treatment for this illness episode what type of provider was visited? | ||||||
Public hospital | 13 (9.0 [2.7-26.4] | 9 (13) [3.2-40.2] | 4 (1.0) [0.2-5.2] | 10 (9.4) [3.4-23.3] | 36 (7.6) [3.5-15.5] | 0.006 |
Primary health facility | 15 (5.6) [3.0-10.2] | 5 (3.5) [1.5-8.0] | 11 (7.5) [2.7-18.8] | 7 (1.2) [0.4-3.5] | 38 (4.0) [2.2-7.2] | |
Pharmacy | 3 (6.0) [0.8-33.5] | 3 (3.0) [0.6-14.4] | 14 (19.7) [7.0-44.3] | 31 (37.0) [25.2-50.6] | 51 (22.5) [14.4-33.4] | |
Patent medicine dealer | 94 (62.7) [45.7-77.0] | 53 (57.0) [39.9-72.5] | 49 (57.3) [36.9-75.5] | 38 (36.3) [25.2-50.6] | 234 (49.1) [38.8-59.5] | |
Other | 32 (16.7) [8.5-30.0] | 25 (23.5) 10.0-45.7] | 12 (14.6) [6.9-28.2] | 22 (16.1) [9.2-26.8] | 91 (16.8) [11.8-23.4] | |
Of those that previously sought treatment, what treatment was obtained? (n = 469) | ||||||
Any AM | 43 (27.4) [16.5-42.0] | 30 (29.3) [17.1-45.6] | 39 (43.9) [28.7-60.3] | 48 (43.0) [27.9-59.6] | 160 (38.9) [29.7-49.1] | 0.265 |
ACT | 6 (2.7) [1.1-6.6] | 1 (1.0) [0.3-3.1] | 9 (9.8) [3.2-27.0] | 6 (5.8) [1.8-17.1] | 22 (5.8) [2.6-12.4] | 0.160 |
Antipyretic | 78 (39.4) [27.4-52.8] | 51 (43.4) [29.8-58.4) | 46 (42.8) [30.3-56.2] | 59 (49.7) [35.9-63.4] | 234 (45.4) [37.2-53.9] | 0.581 |
Antibiotic | 14 (7.0) [3.7-12.8] | 10 (10.6) [2.8-32.9] | 5 (4.5) [1.1-16.9] | 9 (7.0) [2.4-18.8] | 38 (6.8) [3.5-12.6] | 0.715 |
Type of provider for current treatment | ||||||
Public facility | 144 (28.8) [19.6-40.2] | 116 (13.5) [9.2-19.5] | 103 (5.5) [4.4-7.2] | 103 (4.3) [2.3-8.0] | 466 (7.9) [6.5-9.5] | <0.001 |
Pharmacy | 14 (13.0) [4.8-30.5] | 38 (23.8) [10.8-44.5] | 111 (34.1) [17.5-55.7] | 199 (44.0) [27.4-62.1] | 362 (35.6) (21.9-52.2] | |
Patent Medicine Dealer | 204 (58.3) [43.4-71.7] | 138 (62.7) [42.4-79.3] | 209 (60.4) [39.5-78.1] | 263 (51.8) [34.2-68.9] | 814 (56.5) [40.6-71.1] | |
Reasons given for the choice of provider e | ||||||
Have used before | 263 (67.0) [55.4-76.9] | 178 (52.7) [35.4-69.3] | 218 (47.3) [37.2-57.5] | 316 (57.1) [48.7-65.1] | 975 (54.2) [46.7-61.6] | 0.103 |
Convenient location | 155 (43.6) [32.8-55.1] | 154 (59.3) [45.4-71.8] | 238 (61.1) [52.1-69.3] | 299 (52.5) [43.9-61.0] | 846 (55.4) [48.9-61.8] | 0.1041 |
Good reputation | 100 (26.0) [18.6-35.1] | 110 (43.6) [30.3-57.9] | 187 (46.4) [38.4-54.7] | 277 (54.2) [45.1-63.0] | 674 (48.1) [40.5-55.7] | 0.002 |
Availability of drugs | 126 (33.5) [23.2-45.8] | 116 (41.8) [30.4-54.1] | 202 (48.9) [34.5-63.5] | 231 (48.8) [37.2-60.6] | 675 (46.7) [37.4-56.6] | 0.280 |
Inexpensive | 111 (27.5) [19.3-37.5] | 86 (21.5) [14.8-30.2] | 94 (15.1) (9.2-24.0) | 93 (12.8) [8.8-18.3] | 384 (15.9) [12.1-20.7] | 0.021 |
Qualification of staff | 65 (13.9) [7.5-24.3] | 79 (17.6) [9.4-30.6] | 97 (19.3 (11.6-30.3) | 65. (9.2) [5.4-15.3] | 306 (13.9) [9.4-20.1] | 0.022 |
Travel time (minutes) f | ||||||
0-15 | 149 (46.3) [35.6-57.4] | 169 (74.2) [63.4-82.6] | 290 (82.2) [73.7-88.4] | 395 (76.1) [68.6-82.2] | 1003 (75.3) [69.7-80.1] | <0.001 |
16-30 | 107 (27.6) [20.3-36.4] | 64 (16.4) [10.6-24.5] | 67 (12.6) [7.6-20.3] | 110 (17.1) [11.9-24.0] | 348 (16.5) [12.7-21.1] | |
31-45 | 39 (9.3) [5.1-16.3] | 24 (5.2) [1.8-14.0] | 23 (3.5) [1.7-7.1] | 23 (4.5) [2.2-8.9] | 109 (4.6) (3.1-7.0] | |
46-60 | 22 (6.2) [3.6-10.4] | 13 (2.8) [1.0-7.0] | 6 (0.4) [0.2-1.0] | 12 (1.5) [0.6-3.9] | 53 (1.7) [1.1-2.8] | |
>60 | 32 (10.7) [4.2-24.5] | 6 (1.5) [0.3-8.0] | 10 (1.3) [0.4-4.2] | 5 (0.8) [0.2-3.6] | 53 (1.9) [0.9-3.7] | |