Table 5. Health care seeking pattern of hospitalized and non-hospitalized children aged <5 years with severe acute respiratory infections in Matlab, Bangladesh, June–October 2010.

Health care sought	Frequency (%)
	Hospitalized cases, n = 65	Non-hospitalized cases, n = 76
Did not seek care	0 (0)	15 (20)
Visited one health care provider	41 (63)	43 (57)
Matlab hospital	41 (63)	3 (4)
Other hospital/clinic	0 (0)	1 (1)
icddr,b CHRW* or sub-center	0 (0)	17 (22)
Non-icddr,b qualified medical practitioner	0 (0)	1 (1)
Unqualified provider†	0 (0)	21 (28)
Visited two health care providers	20 (31)	18 (24)
Visited three health care providers	3 (5)	0 (0)
Visited four health care providers	1 (2)	0 (0)

*Community Health and Research Worker.

^†Includes untrained practitioner, pharmacy/drug seller and homeopath.