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Table 3.

Healthcare seeking.


	FULL SAMPLE	EMPLOYEES	PUBLIC SECTOR	PRIVATE/ NGO	PENSIONER

Illness or injury in the last 2 months	0.115	0.145	0.139	0.139	0.206

Seeking any treatment	0.855	0.871	0.897	0.853	0.813

N	779	394	203	143	48

Who provided treatment

Informal treatment^a	0.061	0.057	0.090	0.008	0.054

Self-medication	0.041	0.045	0.079	0.000	0.027

Religious/traditional healer	0.020	0.012	0.011	0.008	0.027

Treatment sector

Public health centre, clinic, or hospital	0.444	0.435	0.433	0.395	0.588

Private health centre clinic, or hospital^b	0.556	0.565	0.567	0.605	0.412

Treatment type and sector

Health worker^c – Public sector	0.190	0.169	0.186	0.134	0.212

Health worker – Private sector	0.089	0.110	0.083	0.160	0.061

Doctor – Public sector	0.250	0.263	0.244	0.261	0.364

Doctor – Private sector	0.470	0.458	0.487	0.445	0.364

Treatment cost (Birr)	745.972 (2813.531)	893.958 (3408.822)	592.294 (941.787)	1366.310 (5462.932)	851.400 (2247.338)

Delay in seeking treatment (days)	2.397 (4.120)	2.435 (4.603)	2.650 (5.421)	2.271 (3.895)	2.000 (2.000)

N	655	335	177	121	37

Hospitalization in the last 12 months	0.018	0.025	0.024	0.030	0.013

Inpatient care duration	9.131 (11.977)	9.043 (12.695)	9.444 (15.874)	8.267 (8.103)	12.000 (9.644)

N	122	69	36	30	3

Inpatient care sector

Public sector	0.625	0.612	0.559	0.633	1.000

Private sector	0.375	0.388	0.441	0.366	0.000

Inpatient care cost (Birr)	5062.39 (6623.97)	4654.333 (5632.223)	4026.400 (5635.470)	5722.321 (5821.649)	2012.333 (438.641)

N	118	66	35	28	3

Notes: Standard deviations are in parentheses. ^a Informal treatment refers to self-medication and religious and traditional healers. ^b Private sector includes NGO and missionary facilities. ^c Health worker includes health officers, nurses, and midwives.