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Table 2 Distribution of wealth and indirectly standardized mean outcome variables for disease prevalence and treatment across wealth quintiles

From: Impact of an integrated community case management programme on uptake of appropriate diarrhoea and pneumonia treatments in Uganda: A propensity score matching and equity analysis study

Quintile

Poorest

Very poor

Poor

Less poor

Least poor

Distribution of wealth 2009

0.155

0.208

0.191

0.195

0.251

Distribution of wealth 2012

0.237

0.223

0.201

0.223

0.237

Two week prevalence of ‘fast breathing’ pneumonia in 2009

0.238

0.186

0.170

0.225

0.265

‘Fast breathing’ pneumonia treated appropriately in 2009

0.405

0.608

0.543

0.580

0. 767

Two week prevalence of ‘fast breathing’ pneumonia in 2012

0.267

0.290

0.313

0.337

0.365

‘Fast breathing’ pneumonia treated appropriately in 2012

0.406

0.531

0.755

0.595

0.523

Two week prevalence of diarrhoea in 2009

0.193

0.119

0.118

0.246

0.194

Diarrhoea treated appropriately in 2009

0.305

0.332

0.178

0.395

0.529

Two week prevalence of diarrhoea in 2012

0.094

0.168

0.152

0.166

0.102

Diarrhoea treated appropriately in 2012

0.414

0.389

0.528

0.576

0.618

Children using iCCM for ‘fast breathing’ pneumonia (2012)

0.400

0.503

0.359

0.426

0.297

Children using iCCM for diarrhoea (2012)

0.327

0.270

0.159

0.374

0.182