Table 4.

Determinants of provider choice for outpatient care for acute conditions

Variable	None		Other		Pharmacist		Private		NDAP
	Odds Ratio	Standard Error	Odds Ratio	Standard Error	Odds Ratio	Standard Error	Odds Ratio	Standard Error	Odds Ratio	Standard Error
Female headed household (1/0)	1.336	0.348	3.054c	1.233	1.215	0.339	1.414	0.356	1.435	0.335
Female children 0–13 (1/0)	1.382	0.413	2.016	1.123	1.32	0.417	2.308c	0.672	1.861b	0.487
Female older than 55 years (1/0)	1.104	0.437	1.427	0.877	1.311	0.565	1.346	0.522	1.215	0.439
Male aged 0–13 years (1/0)	1.087	0.31	2.875b	1.535	0.865	0.264	2.200c	0.605	1.673b	0.412
Male aged 14–55 years (1/0)	0.742	0.158	1.191	0.472	1.321	0.295	1.411a	0.283	1.175	0.218
Male older than 55 years (1/0)	0.78	0.358	2.794a	1.697	1.009	0.509	1.064	0.467	1.152	0.465
Log of household size	0.540c	0.124	0.555	0.232	0.614a	0.153	0.938	0.201	0.954	0.19
Primary education (1/0)	0.859	0.195	0.292b	0.142	0.841	0.204	1.064	0.228	1.11	0.216
Secondary education (1/0)	1.517b	0.295	1.005	0.351	1.149	0.242	1.694c	0.317	1.264	0.219
Higher secondary education (1/0)	0.707	0.187	0.912	0.502	0.937	0.259	1.371	0.332	0.654a	0.149
Log of annual per capita exp. (INR)	0.650b	0.117	0.462b	0.164	0.78	0.155	0.963	0.156	0.909	0.14
Scheduled caste/tribe (1/0)	1.129	0.188	0.659	0.2	1.042	0.188	0.91	0.147	1.209	0.178
Self-employed in non-agriculture (1/0)	1.19	0.303	1.139	0.479	1.867b	0.483	1.540a	0.363	0.967	0.212
Other employment (1/0)	1.662a	0.467	0.819	0.443	1.473	0.441	1.115	0.308	0.738	0.186
Casual wage labourer (1/0)	1.369	0.296	1.231	0.483	1.155	0.271	1.486a	0.305	1.128	0.213
Not working (1/0)	1.953b	0.635	0.825	0.646	1.071	0.404	2.115b	0.666	1.375	0.398
Doing housework (1/0)	0.945	0.305	0.605	0.318	0.841	0.297	1.157	0.358	0.784	0.225
Student (1/0)	0.752	0.183	0.476	0.226	1.007	0.257	0.606b	0.143	0.818	0.172
Kanpur Dehat	1.992c	0.458	1.181	0.413	0.420c	0.11	0.653a	0.143	1.261	0.263
Pratapgarh	0.435c	0.087	0.203c	0.072	0.408c	0.082	0.193c	0.036	0.389c	0.068
Acute gastrointestinal symptoms (1/0)	1.446a	0.296	1.621	0.602	1.265	0.267	0.834	0.156	1.201	0.209
Acute febrile symptoms (1/0)	1.718a	0.533	1.216	0.751	0.701	0.246	0.736	0.221	0.78	0.219
Acute musculoskeletal symptoms (1/0)	4.711c	2.112	4.894b	3.199	2.121	1.026	1.801	0.814	1.343	0.58
Other acute symptoms (1/0)	0.901	0.223	1.212	0.515	0.645	0.173	0.97	0.216	0.643b	0.135
Log of cost	0.996	0.005	0.996	0.005	0.996	0.005	0.996	0.005	0.996	0.005
Log of time	0.858c	0.029	0.858c	0.029	0.858c	0.029	0.858c	0.029	0.858c	0.029
N = 4171

The table provides odds ratios based on a conditional logit model. The reference category is visiting a public provider. Models are estimated over the sample that reported an acute illness. The employment and occupation variables refer to the employment and occupation of the household head. ^a, ^b, ^c indicate significance at the 10, 5 and 1 % respectively