Table 4.
Prevalence (%) of seeking medical care for COPD, hypertension, and co-morbidity in last one year by type of provider and level of satisfaction in rural and urban sites
| Type of medical care and level of satisfaction |
Dhaka (urban) |
Matlab (rural) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPD | Hypertens-ion | Comorbidity | COPD | Hypertension | Comorbidity | |
| Did not seek medical care |
48.4 |
48.8 |
3.8 |
32.5 |
41.4 |
0.0 |
| Sought medical care |
51.6** |
51.2 |
96.2 |
67.5 |
58.6 |
100.0 |
|
Type of provider
$
| ||||||
| MBBS doctor |
22.6** |
32.5** |
18.9 |
7.9 |
15.7 |
9.5 |
| Village doctors/drug stores |
25.3** |
17.9** |
75.5 |
58.9 |
41.4 |
90.5 |
| Health worker |
0.0 |
3.3 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
| Homeopath/kabiraj/hekim |
1.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| # of patients who sought medical care |
95 |
126 |
51 |
197 |
82 |
74 |
| Satisfied with treatment |
93.8** |
98.4 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
96.2 |
100.0 |
| Not satisfied |
3.3 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
| No. of patients (N) | 184 | 246 | 53 | 292 | 140 | 74 |
$Multiple responses were possible; **p < 0.01 (the prevalence compared between categories of the variables within the site).