Table 1.
Healthcare utilization of the patients with severe diarrhoea in the catchment area of surveillance hospitals in Bangladesh, 2010–2011
| Hospital catchment area |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Dhaka n (%) |
Mirpur n (%) |
Kumudini n (%) |
Chhatak n (%) |
Mathbaria n (%) |
| Total population surveyed | 157 493 | 166 020 | 207 566 | 161954 | 150 628 |
| Cases met the case definition of severe diarrhoea* (per 1000 population) |
892 (5·7) | 921 (5·5) | 838 (4·0) | 2708 (16·7) | 1170 (7·8) |
| Cases sought care from qualified healthcare provider† | |||||
| 1st visit | 171 (19) | 175 (19) | 94 (11) | 302 (11) | 117 (10) |
| 2nd visit | 634 (71) | 686 (74) | 365 (44) | 1298 (48) | 447 (38) |
| Any visit | 800 (90) | 881 (96) | 710 (85) | 1794 (66) | 650 (56) |
| Cases admitted to any hospital | 755 (85) | 856 (93) | 697 (83) | 1559 (58) | 552 (47) |
| Cases received intravenous rehydration but not admitted to any hospital |
137 (15) | 64 (7) | 143 (17) | 1149 (42) | 618 (53) |
| Cases admitted to respective surveillance hospital | 565 (63) | 323 (35) | 564 (67) | 1104 (41) | 530 (45) |
| Diarrhoeal death cases (case fatality) | 2 (0·2) | 3 (0·3) | 3 (0·4) | 30 (1·1) | 3 (0·3) |
*
Defined as persons with frequent loose or watery stools during 12 months preceding the survey for which they had to be admitted to a healthcare facility, or had to receive intravenous rehydration, or died as a result of the new onset diarrhoeal illness.
†
Buying oral rehydration solution or medicine from pharmacy/drug sellers was considered as a healthcare-seeking event.