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Table 3 Care-seeking behaviours and outcomes among children with pneumonia (vs. other illnesses)

From: Referral patterns, delays, and equity in access to advanced paediatric emergency care in Vietnam

 

Pneumonia

(N = 132)

Diarrhoea

(N = 53)

Other illnesses

(N = 372)

p-value

Mean time from recognition of illness to seeking care outside the home (days) (SD)

6.1 days (5.8)

4.1 days (4.4)

3.2 days (4.9)

p = .000

Days delayed care seeking

   

p = .000

 Less than 24 h

3 (2.3%)

0 (0.0%)

83 (22.3%)

 

 24–48 h

19 (14.4%)

14 (26.4%)

113 (30.4%)

 

 48–72 h

13 (9.9%)

12 (22.7%)

40 (10.7%)

 

 3–7 days

61 (46.2%)

20 (37.7%)

100 (26.9%)

 

 More than one week

36 (27.3%)

7 (13.2%)

36 (9.7%)

 

Referred to VNCH from any lower-level facility

55 (41.7%)

9 (17.0%)

147 (39.6%)

p = .004

Transferred in ambulance if referred (N = 211)

38 (69.1%)

5 (55.6%)

79 (53.7%)

p = .143

Acuity on arrival

   

p = .000

 ESI 1

17 (12.9%)

0 (0.0%)

42 (11.3%)

 

 ESI 2

59 (44.7%)

14 (26.4%)

91 (24.5%)

 

 ESI 3

56 (42.3%)

39 (73.6%)

239 (64.3%)

 

Admitted to an ICU

12 (9.1%)

0 (0.0%)

37 (10.0%)

p = .057

Died in hospital

3 (2.3%)

0 (0.0%)

12 (3.2%)

p = .376