Table 2. Health seeking pattern for out patient and inpatient visits across the states.
| OUT-PATIENT VISIT | IN-PATIENT VISIT | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | Adamawa N = 507 n (%) | Akwa Ibom N = 514 n (%) | Anambra N = 536 n(%) | Chi2 (P value) | Total N = 1557 | Variable | Category | Adamawa N = 506 n(%) | Akwa Ibom N = 513 n(%) | Anambra N = 536 n(%) | Chi2(p-value)* | Total 1,555** |
| First visit | Yes | 19 (3.8) | 40(7.8) | 26 (4.8) | 8.6 (0.013) | 81(5.2) | Admitted in past 3 months | Yes | 33 (6.5) | 20 (3.9) | 16 (3.0) | 8.2 (0.02) | 69 (4.4) |
| No | 488 (96.2) | 474 (92.2) | 510 (95.2) | 1481 (94.2) | No. of adm. in past 3mths Mean (S.D.) | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.1 (0.3) | 1.1 (0.3) | 1.3 (0.7) | ||||
| How long on ART? | Total | 492 (100.0) | 479 (100.0) | 507 (100.0) | 55.3 (0.000) | 1,478 (100.0) | Facility admitted | Private | 11 (34.4) | 5 (27.8) | 2 (14.3) | 15.52 (0.004) | 18 (28.1) |
| <6months | 44 (8.9) | 90 (18.8) | 77 (15.2) | 211 (14.3) | Public | 20 (60.6) | 5 (27.8) | 8 (57.1) | 33 (51.6) | ||||
| >6months | 32 (6.5) | 63 (13.1) | 25 (4.9) | 120 (8.1) | Mission | 1 (3.0) | 8 (44.4) | 4 (28.6) | 12 (18.8) | ||||
| Up to1yr | 63 (12.8) | 59 (12.3) | 46 (9.1) | 168 (11.3) | PMV | 1 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (28.6) | 1 (1.6) | ||||
| >1yr | 353 (71.8) | 267 (55.7) | 359 (70.8) | 979 (66.2) | |||||||||
| Freq. of visit | Weekly | 13 (2.6) | 8 (1.7) | 7 (1.4) | 844 (0.000) | 28 (1.9) | |||||||
| Monthly | 78 (15.8) | 168 (35.2) | 63 (12.4) | 309 (20.9) | |||||||||
| Every 2m | 111 (22.6) | 246(51.6) | 174 (34.1) | 531 (35.9) | |||||||||
| Every 3m | 267 (54.3) | 18 (3.8) | 36 (7.1) | 321 (21.7) | |||||||||
| Every 6m | 3 (0.6) | 1(0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.3) | |||||||||
| Yearly | 0 (0.0) | 1(0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1 | |||||||||
| No answer | 0 (0.0) | 35 (7.3) | 226 (44.3) | 261 (17.7) | |||||||||
| Other | 19 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.8) | 23 (1.6) | |||||||||
| Mode of transport | Total | 505 (100.0) | 514 (100.0) | 536 (100.0) | 37.31(0.000) | 1,555 (100.0) | Mode of transport | 3.56 (0.8) | |||||
| Motorcycle | 132 (26.1) | 194 (37.7) | 138 (25.8) | 464 (29.8) | Motorcycle | 10 (31.3) | 7 (31.3) | 3 (18.8) | 18 (27.7) | ||||
| Public transport | 341 (67.5) | 293 (57.0) | 373 (69.6) | 1,007 (64.8) | Public transport | 17 (53.1) | 8 (56.3) | 8 (62.5) | 33 (50.8) | ||||
| Private transport | 14 (2.7) | 23 (4.5) | 17 (3.2) | 54 (3.5) | Private transport | 4 (9.4) | 3 (12.5) | 3 (18.8) | 13 (20.0) | ||||
| Walk | 17 (3.3) | 4 (0.8) | 7 (1.3) | 28 (1.8) | Walk | 2 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.5) | ||||
| Other | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | Other | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Treatment received | Treatment received | ||||||||||||
| Routine drugs | 506 (99.8) | 491 (95.5) | 510 (95.3) | 21.52 (0.000) | 1,507 (96.9) | Routine drugs | 10 (30.3 | 11 (61.1) | 2 (14.3) | 8.31 (0.02) | 23 (35.4) | ||
| Drugs for TB | 1 (0.2) | 20 (3.9) | 16 (2.9) | 16.32 (0.000) | 37 (2.4) | Drugs for TB | 1 (3.2) | 4 (22.2) | 1 (7.1) | 5.05(0.22) | 6 (9.4) | ||
| Other OI’s | 118 (23.3) | 192 (37.4) | 356 (66.4) | 208.36 (0.000) | 666 (42.8) | Other OI’s | 21 (63.6) | 9 (50.0) | 3 (25.0) | 7.0 (0.03) | 33 (51.6) | ||
| Lab test | 3 (0.6) | 34 (6.6) | 41 (7.7) | 31.43 (0.000) | 78 (5.0) | Lab test | 7 (21.2) | 13 (72.2) | 2 (14.3) | 16.58 (0.000) | 22 (33.9) | ||
| Co-morbidities | 9 (1.8) | 24 (4.7) | 23 (4.3) | 7.27 (0.03) | 56 (3.6) | Co-morbidities | 10 (34.5) | 11 (38.0) | 8 (27.6) | 6.81 (0.03) | 29 (100.0) | ||
PMV-patent medicine vendor
*fischer’s exact
** missing data = 2