Table 5.
Odds ratios of Care Seeking MBBS versus IAP care*
| Urban Multivariate (n = 4347) | Rural Multivariate (n = 5712) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | CI | p-value† | OR | CI | p-value† | |
| Sex (male = 1) | 0.83 | (0.64-1.06) | 0.13 | 1.35 | (1.18-1.55) | <0.001 |
| Comorbidity | 2.12 | (1.67-2.70) | <0.001 | 2.99 | (2.62-3.40) | <0.001 |
| Age (in years) | ||||||
| 25 - 39 (reference) | ||||||
| 40-49 | 1.86 | (1.40-2.47) | 0.77 | 0.88 | (0.74-1.05) | 0.35 |
| 50-59 | 1.88 | (1.35-2.60) | 0.74 | 0.99 | (0.83-1.18) | 0.17 |
| 60+ | 3.03 | (1.90-4.82) | 0.002 | 0.84 | (0.71-0.99) | 0.05 |
| Education | ||||||
| No education (reference) | ||||||
| Primary (1-5 years) | 1.25 | (0.91-1.71) | 0.03 | 1.49 | (1.30-1.72) | 0.15 |
| Secondary (6-10 years) | 1.99 | (1.42-2.79) | 0.12 | 1.57 | (1.33-1.85) | 0.37 |
| Higher Secondary (11-12 years) |
1.81 | (1.07-3.05) | 0.65 | 2.78 | (1.75-4.42) | 0.01 |
| Higher Education | 2.81 | (1.65-4.80) | 0.006 | 2.15 | (1.21-3.82) | 0.30 |
| Poverty status | ||||||
| Most poor (reference) | ||||||
| More poor | 2.10 | (1.46-3.02) | 0.005 | 1.35 | (1.08-1.70) | <0.001 |
| Middle | 4.17 | (2.86-6.09) | 0.01 | 1.86 | (1.50-2.30) | 0.73 |
| Less poor | 4.53 | (3.07-6.67) | 0.006 | 2.22 | (1.80-2.75) | 0.003 |
| Least poor | 6.10 | (4.11-9.06) | <0.001 | 3.57 | (2.89-4.42) | <0.001 |
MBBS- Medical Bachelor Bachelor of Surgery, IAP- Informal Allopathic Practitioner, OR-Odds Ratio,
CI-Confidence Interval
*Odds ratios are based on disease diagnoses, not respondents with disease
†p-value represents the significance of the difference from the aggregation of the remaining variable