Table 3.
Percentage of children aged 2–59 months with suspected pneumonia, fever, and diarrhea who were treated with the recommended drug, by type of treatment provider, according to study group at baseline and endline
| Indicator | Intervention | Comparison | P value of difference in differences | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Endline | Difference | P value | Baseline | Endline | Difference | P value | ||
| Treatment with recommended drug | |||||||||
| Antibiotics for pneumonia | 31.0 | 17.7 | −13.4 | 0.030 | 26.8 | 24.3 | −2.6 | 0.678 | 0.414 |
| Antimalarial for fever | 3.8 | 2.9 | −0.8 | 0.514 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.837 | 0.389 |
| ORS for diarrhea | 15.0 | 17.7 | 2.7 | 0.460 | 9.0 | 17.2 | 8.2 | 0.001 | 0.296 |
| Combined | 19.5 | 12.8 | −6.6 | 0.018 | 17.9 | 16.5 | −1.4 | 0.558 | 0.313 |
| Treatment with recommended drug within 24 hours of onset of illness | |||||||||
| Suspected pneumonia | 15.4 | 5.6 | −9.8 | 0.027 | 12.3 | 8.2 | −4.1 | 0.115 | 0.389 |
| Fever | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.384 | 1.8 | 1.3 | −0.4 | 0.580 | 0.281 |
| Treatment from HEW | |||||||||
| Antibiotics for pneumonia | 2.1 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 0.170 | 1.1 | 1.0 | −0.1 | 0.933 | 0.140 |
| Antimalarial for fever | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.990 | 1.9 | 0.4 | −1.5 | 0.058 | 0.158 |
| ORS for diarrhea | 5.3 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 0.300 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 0.003 | 0.373 |
| Combined | 3.4 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 0.174 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.572 | 0.593 |
| Treatment from other public health facility | |||||||||
| Antibiotics for pneumonia | 9.7 | 8.2 | −1.5 | 0.682 | 7.9 | 15.7 | 7.8 | 0.071 | 0.195 |
| Antimalarial for fever | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.133 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.040 | 0.573 |
| ORS for diarrhea | 3.6 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 0.108 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 0.188 | 0.382 |
| Combined | 5.0 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.957 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 0.211 | 0.626 |
| Treatment from private health facility | |||||||||
| Antibiotics for pneumonia | 8.5 | 2.2 | −6.3 | 0.021 | 9.4 | 4.6 | −4.8 | 0.085 | 0.217 |
| Antimalarial for fever | 1.0 | 0.1 | −0.9 | 0.071 | 1.0 | 0.8 | −0.2 | 0.753 | 0.131 |
| ORS for diarrhea | 3.2 | 1.0 | −2.2 | 0.067 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.176 | 0.046 |
| Combined | 5.2 | 1.1 | −4.1 | 0.001 | 4.9 | 3.8 | −1.1 | 0.471 | 0.023 |
| Treatment from informal sources | |||||||||
| Antibiotics for pneumonia | 10.4 | 2.9 | −7.5 | 0.037 | 7.5 | 3.1 | −4.4 | 0.139 | 0.885 |
| Antimalarial for fever | 1.0 | 0.8 | −0.3 | 0.668 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.762 | 0.550 |
| ORS for diarrhea | 1.9 | 1.6 | −0.3 | 0.824 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.083 | 0.050 |
| Combined | 5.8 | 1.5 | −4.3 | 0.029 | 4.2 | 1.8 | −2.4 | 0.154 | 0.486 |
HEW = health extension worker; ORS = oral rehydration salts. Percentage based on woreda averages.