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. 2008 Jan 8;7:5. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-5

Table 5.

SES differences in perceptions of ease of accessing the services of healthcare providers

Inyi Udi Oji Nachi
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Traditional healer
Q1: most poor 43 (27) 32 (32) 14 (20) 104 (34)
Q2:average 64 (40) 41 (41) 27 (40) 103 (34)
Q3: least poor 53 (33) 27 (27) 27 (40) 98 (32)
Chi square (p-value) 7.5 (0.02) 4.2 (0.1) 6.4 (.04) 1.2 (0.6)
Concentration index 0.04 -0.03 0.14 -0.01

Private hospital
Q1: most poor 69 (30) 68 (37) 34 (34) 10 (22)
Q2:average 82 (35) 61 (33) 83 (45) 18 (39)
Q3: least poor 81 (35) 56 (30) 69 (37) 18 (39)
Chi square (p-value) 4.1 (0.1) 2.5 (0.3) 43.7 (.0001) 3.5 (0.2)
Concentration index 0.03 -0.05 0.14 0.12

Public hospital
Q1: most poor 30 (32) 59 (30) 53 (22) 1 (33)
Q2:average 35 (37) 72 (36) 96 (40) 1 (33)
Q3: least poor 29 (31) 69 (34) 89 (37) 1 (33)
Chi square (p-value) 0.8 (0.7) 3.7 (0.2) 43.5 (.0001) 0.0 (0.9)
Concentration index 0.00 0.01 0.12 na

Patent medicine dealers
Q1: most poor 80 (30) 100 (34) 59 (26) 104 (34)
Q2:average 92 (35) 97 (33) 84 (36) 99 (32)
Q3: least poor 92 (35) 95 (33) 88 (38) 104 (34)
Chi square (p-value) 4.5 (0.1) 0.9 (0.6) 21.3 (.0001) 4.8 (0.09)
Concentration index 0.03 -0.01 0.09 0.00

Community-health workers
Q1: most poor 40 (27) 8 (35) 9 (21) 13 (24)
Q2:average 56 (38) 6 (26) 18 (43) 21 (39)
Q3: least poor 51 (35) 9 (39) 15 (36) 20 (37)
Chi square (p-value) 4.7 (0.09) 0.7 (0.7) 3.3 (.19) 2.7 (0.3)
Concentration index 0.05 -0.01 0.12 0.09

Health centre
Q1: most poor 34 (26) 44 (36) 26 (38) 60 (38)
Q2:average 44 (34) 42 (34) 21 (31) 50 (31)
Q3: least poor 53 (40) 36 (30) 21 (31) 50 (31)
Chi square (p-value) 6.8 (0.03) 1.2 (0.5) .88 (.65) 2.0 (0.4)
Concentration index 0.01 -0.04 -0.13 -0.04