Table 2. Sources of prior care and sources of referrals.
| Hospital sample | Health center sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source of prior care | People who sought prior care by source of care | People who were referred by source of referral | People who sought prior care by source of care | People who were referred by source of referral |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Health center | 94 (53.7) | 42 (73.7) | 18 (28.6) | 4 (18.2) |
| Health post/HEW 1 | 2 (1.1) | 2 (3.5) | 6 (9.5) | 4 (18.2) |
| Hospital in PHCU 2 | 28 (16.0) | 2 (3.5) | 17 (27.0) | 7 (31.8) |
| Private clinic | 23 (13.1) | 3 (5.3) | 15 (23.8) | 5 (22.7) |
| Hospital in Addis | 7 (4.0) | 4 (50.0) | 3 (4.8) | 1 (4.5) |
| Pharmacy | 6 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| University Clinic | 4 (2.3) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| District Hospital | 6 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other 3 | 5 (2.9) | 3 (37.5) | 2 (3.2) | 1 (4.5) |
| N 4 | 175 | 57 | 63 | 22 |
1 HEW: Health extension worker
2 PHCU: Primary health care unit
3 Other includes follow up, non-governmental organizations, Emmanuel Mental Health hospital, care abroad, and traditional medicine.
4 N = 13 people seeking care at a hospital had sought care at more than 1 prior facility, and N = 3 people seeking care at a health center had sought care at more than 1 prior facility.