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. 2013 Jun 17;67(9):751–757. doi: 10.1136/jech-2012-202080

Table 3.

Effects of the intervention on health centre utilisation by illness severity, health centre distance and household income (source: panel survey)

Condition Rate ratio* (95% CI) Ratio (1)/(2) (95% CI)
Severity† Severe (1) 1.69 (1.22 to 2.32) 1.16
Not severe (2) 1.46 (1.10 to 1.93) (0.75 to 1.79)
Place of residence d<5 km (1) 1.42 (1.09 to 1.85) 0.79
d≥5 km (2) 1.79 (1.31 to 2.43) (0.53 to 1.19)
Income quartile First quartile, poorest (1) 1.13 (0.73 to 1.74) 0.65
Other quartiles (2) 1.73 (1.43 to 2.09) (0.43 to 0.99)
All 1.52 (1.23 to 1.88)

*Rate ratios estimated by multilevel Poisson regression.

†As reported by the caregiver; the question was: do you think your child's life was in danger?