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Table 5 Changes in pathways to care for the ultra-poor from 2019 to 2020

From: Knowledge of COVID-19 and the impact on indigents’ access to healthcare in Burkina Faso

 

2019 (N = 220)

2020 (N = 220)

Chi2 and T-test

Outcome

Illness reporting

  

 < 0.001

  No

83 (37.9%)

120 (54.6%)

 

  Yes

137 (62.1%)

100 (45.4%)

 

Health service utilization (informal and formal) conditional on illness reporting

  

0.67

  No

32 (23.4%)

21 (21.0%)

 

  Yes

105 (76.6%)

79 (79.0%)

 

Health service utilization (formal) conditional on illness reporting

  

0.40

  No

61 (44.5%)

39 (39.0%)

 

  Yes

76 (55.5%)

61 (61.0%)

 

Health service utilization (informal) conditional on illness reporting

  

0.56

  No

108 (78.8%)

82 (82.0%)

 

  Yes

29 (21.2%)

18 (18.0%)

 

Additional variables of interest conditional on illness reporting

Sex:

  

0.10

  Female

92 (67.2%)

77 (77.0%)

 

  Male

45 (32.8%)

23 (23.0%)

 

Quintile

  

0.85

  Poorest

32 (23.4%)

26 (26.0%)

 

  Poor

24 (17.5%)

19 (19.0%)

 

  Average

25 (18.2%)

13 (13.0%)

 

  Less poor

30 (21.9%)

24 (24.0%)

 

  Least poor

26 (19.0%)

18 (18.0%)

 

Education

  Uneducated

  Educated

Married

  

0.39

  No

68 (50.4%)

56 (56.0%)

 

  Yes

69 (49.6%)

44 (44.0%)

 

Good state of health

  

0.42

  No

117 (85.4%)

89 (89.0%)

 

  Yes

20 (14.6%)

11 (11.0%)

 

Having a chronic illness

  No

  Yes

Total OOPE

Informal and formal for those who used services (µ ± σ)

13,698.9 ± 68,304.2

12,549.4 ± 24,676.2

0.89

Outcome

Illness reporting

  

 < 0.001

  No

83 (37.9%)

120 (54.6%)

 

  Yes

137 (62.1%)

100 (45.4%)

 

Health service utilization (informal and formal) conditional on illness reporting

  

0.67

  No

32 (23.4%)

21 (21.0%)

 

  Yes

105 (76.6%)

79 (79.0%)

 

Health service utilization (formal) conditional on illness reporting

  

0.40

  No

61 (44.5%)

39 (39.0%)

 

  Yes

76 (55.5%)

61 (61.0%)

 

Health service utilization (informal) conditional on illness reporting

  

0.56

  No

108 (78.8%)

82 (82.0%)

 

  Yes

29 (21.2%)

18 (18.0%)

 

Additional variables of interest conditional on illness reporting

Sex:

  

0.10

  Female

92 (67.2%)

77 (77.0%)

 

  Male

45 (32.8%)

23 (23.0%)

 

Quintile

  

0.85

  Poorest

32 (23.4%)

26 (26.0%)

 

  Poor

24 (17.5%)

19 (19.0%)

 

  Average

25 (18.2%)

13 (13.0%)

 

  Less poor

30 (21.9%)

24 (24.0%)

 

  Least poor

26 (19.0%)

18 (18.0%)

 

Education

  Uneducated

127 (92.70%)

96 (96.00%)

0.29

  Educated

10 (7.30%)

4 (4.00%)

 

Married

  

0.39

  No

69 (50.36%)

44 (44.00%)

 

  Yes

68 (49.64%)

56 (56.00%)

 

Good state of health

  

0.42

  No

117 (85.4%)

89 (89.00%)

 

  Yes

20 (14.6%)

11 (11.00%)

 

Having a chronic illness

  

0.20

  No

88 (64.23%)

56 (56.00%)

 

  Yes

44 (35.77%)

44 (44.00%)

 

Total OOPE

Informal and formal for those who used services (µ ± σ)

13,698.9 ± 68,304.2

12,549.4 ± 24,676.2

0.89