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. 2010 Oct 11;9:22. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-22

Table 6.

Rural-Urban differences in specific provider that prescribed treatment of malaria

Doctor Nurse Medical assistant Pharmacist Community Health Worker Patent Medicine Dealer
Exit poll
Q1 most poor 134 72 18 22 12 189
Q2 very poor 140 86 15 37 23 165
Q3 poor 174 82 26 50 23 145
Q4 least poor 172 90 19 57 25 134
Equity (Q1:Q4) ratio 0.78 0.8 0.95 0.39 0.48 1.4
Chi-square(p-value)) 11.8 (.001) 2.0 (.16) .57 (.45) 18.9 (.001) 3.9 (.047) 17.0 (.001)
R/U differences
Rural 279 92 11 38 32 328
Urban 589 142 19 138 69 520
Equity (R:U ratio) 0.87 1.18 1.0 0.5 0.85 1.15
Chi-square(p-value) 6.5 (.011) 1.7 (.19) 0.02(.88) 15.9 (< .001) 0.63 (.42) 6.3 (.012)