Table 4 . Self-reported utilization of health services and unmet need in the previous 12 months .
Percentage of patients reported utilization or unmet need during past 12 months | Average number of visits to provider/facility in the previous 12 months | |||||||||||
Ambulatory Care | Home Care | Hospital Inpatient Care | Non Use | Refused care due to unaffordability | Did not seek care due to unaffordability | General practitioner | Hospital Ambulatory | Hospital Inpatient | Pharmacy | Other* | Total Respondents | |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Female | 99 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 97 |
Male | 98 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 52 |
Age Group (years) | ||||||||||||
30-44 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
45-59 | 100 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 64 |
60-69 | 98 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 40 |
70 or more | 96 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28 |
Quintiles of income | ||||||||||||
Q1 (Poorest) | 100 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
Q2 | 95 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 38 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Q3 | 100 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
Q4 | 95 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
Q5 (Richest) | 100 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 20 |
Education | ||||||||||||
No Education | 100 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Primary (<5y) | 100 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 |
Secondary (6-11y) | 100 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 48 |
Higher (+12y) | 96 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 47 |
Duration of Disease(year) | ||||||||||||
0-4 | 98 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 43 |
4-9 | 100 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 35 |
10-14 | 98 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 40 |
15 or more | 100 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
Total | 99 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 148 |
*Other: dentist-specialist-traditional healer-clinic-home health care service