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. 2015 Nov 15;29:293.

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