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Table 3 Households’ disease prevalence and health-seeking behaviors

From: Financial burden and health-seeking behaviors related to chronic diseases under the National Health Insurance Scheme in Bolikhamxay Province, Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study

 

N (% of total households)

N (% of households with at least one family with health problems)

N = 487

N = 370

Households’ health problems

Households with at least one member with any self-reported health problem

370 (76.0%)

370 (100%)

Households with at least one non-chronically ill member

241 (49.5%)

241 (65.1%)

Households with at least one chronically ill member

170 (34.9%)

170 (45.9%)

Households’ health seeking behaviors

Households with at least one member who visited a health facility

293 (60.2%)

293 (79.2%)

Households with at least one member who visited a public facility

205 (42.1%)

205 (55.4%)

Households with at least one member who visited a provincial top referral hospital

51 (10.5%)

51 (13.8%)

Households with at least one member who visited a private facility (including foreign facilities) for treatment

75 (15.4%)

75 (20.3%)

Households with at least one member who visited a foreign facility for treatment

32 (6.6%)

32 (8.6%)

Households with at least one member who was hospitalized for more than one night

117 (24.0%)

117 (31.6%)