Table 4. Factors associated with choice of provider at multivariable analysis.

	Choice of provider, n(%)
Variables	Private health facility 118 (48.2%)	Government health facility 127 (51.8%)	Unadjusted OR(95%CI)	Adjusted OR(95%CI)	P-value
Education attained
No formal education	25(21.2)	43(33.9)	1	1
Primary	66(55.9)	55(43.3)	0.48(0.26–0.89)	0.46(0.22–0.97)	0.04*
Secondary	21(17.8)	25(19.7)	0.69(0.32–1.48)	0.65(0.25–1.70)	0.38
Tertiary	6(5.1)	4(3.1)	0.39(0.09–1.51)	0.29(0.05–1.83)	0.19
Occupation
Farmer	33(28)	39(30.7)	1	1
Agro-pastoralist	37(31.4)	44(34.6)	1.00(0.53–1.90)	1.38(0.63–3.03)	0.42
Trader/business	17(14.4)	23(18.1)	1.14(0.52–2.50)	2.21(0.87–5.60)	0.09
Others	31(26.3)	21(16.5)	0.57(0.28–1.18)	1.33(0.49–3.60)	0.57
Number of household members
1–5	52(44.1)	35(27.6)	1	1
6–10	54(45.8)	78(61.4)	2.15(1.24–3.72)	3.71(1.84–7.49)	<0.001*
>11	12(10.1)	14(11.0)	1.73(0.72–4.19)	1.60(0.52–4.95)	0.41
Fatigue				1	1
No	113(96.6)	113(90)
Yes	5(3.4)	14(11.0)	3.53(1.12–11.05)	3.66(0.96–13.9)	0.06
Who decided where to go?
Myself	49(41.5)	62(48.8)	1	1
Spouse	25(21.2)	33(26.0)	1.04(0.55–1.98)	1.49(0.70–3.19)	0.30
Family	38(32.2)	25(19.7)	0.52(0.28–0.97)	0.64(0.23–0.91)	0.03*
Others	6(5.1)	7(5.5)	0.92(0.29–2.92)	0.77(0.13–4.54)	0.77
Distance to facility
less or equal to 5 km	42(35.6)	56(44.1)	1	1
5 to 10 km	21(17.8)	26(20.5)	0.93(0.46–1.87)	0.56(0.23–1.34)	0.19
≥10 km	55(46.6)	45(35.4)	0.61(0.35–1.107	0.44(0.21–0.92)	0.03*
Problems encountered
No problem	1(0.85)	16(12.6)	1	1
High costs at private clinic	47(39.8)	10(7.9)	0.01(0.01–0.11)	0.01(0.02–0.15)	<0.001*
Long distance	9(7.6)	11(8.7)	0.08(0.01–0.69)	0.12(0.01–1.35)	0.09
No diagnosis and treatment	36(30.5)	44(34.6)	0.08(0.01–0.60)	0.11(0.01–0.97)	0.05*
Long waiting hour	25(21.2)	46(36.2)	0.12(0.01–0.92)	0.17(0.02–1.52)	0.11

*Statistical significance ≤0.05.