Table 2.
Characteristics of users and non-users of healthcare services with reference to the recent reported illness/injury
| Status | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Users | Non-users | ||
| Characteristics | N = 1349 | N = 14,851 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 39.9 | 42.7 | P = 0.000 |
| Female | 60.1 | 57.3 | |
| Residence | |||
| Urban | 53.3 | 44.4 | P = 0.026 |
| Rural | 46.7 | 55.6 | |
| Age | |||
| Children (≤18 years) | 44.9 | 35.3 | P = 0.314 |
| Adult | 47.1 | 54.3 | |
| Elderly (≥70 years) | 8.1 | 10.3 | |
| Insurance status | |||
| Active members | 63.7 | 50.43 | P = 0.000 |
| Previous members | 15.1 | 17.9 | |
| No card | 4.0 | 5.1 | |
| Never insured | 17.2 | 26.6 | |
| % of adults (≥18 years) who ever attended school (n = 796) | 65.1 | 73.0 | |
| Mean years of schooling (≥6 years) (in years) | 7.1 | 7.1 | |
| Access to health (% of population who are more than 60 min from the nearest health facilities) | P = 0.15 | ||
| Regional hospital | 60.8 | 62.6 | |
| District hospital | 19.7 | 29.9 | |
| Private/NGO hospital | 32.0 | 33.7 | |
| Public health centre | 3.3 | 7.9 | |
| Private clinic | 23.4 | 28.7 | |
| Mission/NGO clinic | 29.4 | 28.7 | |
| Private pharmacy | 17.2 | 19.8 | |
| License chemical store | 2.3 | 1.7 | |
| Access to transport and administrative infrastructure (mean time in minutes) | |||
| The nearest tarmac road | 19.0 | 27.3 | P = 0.67 |
| The nearest all-seasoned road | 7.5 | 11.1 | |
| Weekly market | 25.3 | 28.8 | |
| Daily market | 15.5 | 21.3 | |
| District capital | 42.0 | 51.6 | |
| The nearest place with daily bus /taxi services | 9.5 | 10.0 | |
| Wealth quintile (economic resources) | |||
| First | 17.2 | 23.9 | P = 0.141 |
| Second | 21.9 | 17.1 | |
| Middle | 21.3 | 23.9 | |
| Fourth | 21.0 | 17.1 | |
| Highest | 18.5 | 18.0 | |
Source: Household Survey, 2012
* Chi-square test