Table 1.

Experiences related to seeking postabortion care, Prospective Morbidity Survey

	Total		Facility type where care was ultimately received				P value
	Weighted N	Hours	Central and provincial hospitals	District hospitals	Primary health centre	Private and NGO facilities
Time delays in seeking care (hours)*
Median delay in realising healthcare was needed	1210	8	11	5	2	24	0.00
Minimum		0	0	0	0	0
Maximum		2688	2688	1344	168	672
Median delay in decision to seek care after realising care was needed	1221	2	2	2	2	6	0.06
Minimum		0	0	0	0	0
Maximum		1008	1008	672	168	672
Median delay in arriving to initial health facility after deciding to seek care†	1216	1	1	2	4	1	0.98
Minimum		0	0	0	0	0
Maximum		672	504	336	168	672
Median delay in being attended to after arriving at health facility	1193	1	1	1	0.1	0.3	0.33
Minimum		0	0	0	0	0
Maximum		504	504	96	7	24
Median delay in receiving complete treatment after being first attended to	1206	11	12	17	1	2	0.72
Minimum		0	0	0	0	0
Maximum		840	840	168	2	504
Reasons for delay in deciding to seek care after realising healthcare was needed‡	Weighted N	%
Did not have money	77	41	56	34	–	16	0.00
Partner or family member decides	24	13	13	16	–	4	0.05
Lack of transportation	24	13	10	19	–	0	0.01
Distance to facility	22	12	9	18	–	0	0.02
Reasons for delay in arriving to health facility§	Weighted N	%
Did not have money	41	63	55	63	100	67	0.21
Lack of transportation	15	24	18	47	0	0	0.05
Distance to facility	10	16	5	38	0	0	0.04
Reasons for delay in receiving care at facility¶	Weighted N	%
No doctor or nurse available	105	37	37	41	0	10	0.01
Many patients in line for care	82	29	31	23	100	42	0.04
Did not have money	40	14	14	16	0	6	0.35
Sought care at another facility prior to receiving care at current facility	Weighted N	%
	636	49%	58%	46%	15%	37%	0.00
Of those who reported lost income, amount of income lost to household due to health problems (does not include costs of treatment or travel) (in USD)**	Weighted N	USD
Average loss of income for all respondents	320	90.82	60.16	94.54	41.00	280.27	0.06
Average loss of income for urban respondents	165	104.04	66.02	97.36	–	318.25	0.00
Average loss of income for rural respondents	155	76.71	47.23	93.16	41.00	13.12	0.10

*These are self-reported time of delays from respondents. Two respondents had total delays greater than their estimated gestational age, and therefore were set to missing.

†This question asks for their initial visit to a health facility, not necessarily the facility where they were interviewed/received treatment. It can be interpreted as time from decision to seek care to access to healthcare system.

‡Out of 186 respondents. These are multiple response questions so they will not add up to 100 and the table does not present all responses. There was no data for individuals who sought care at primary health centres regarding reasons for delay in deciding to seek care after realising healthcare was needed.

§Out of 65 respondents. These are multiple response questions so they will not add up to 100 and the table does not present all responses.

¶Out of 120 respondents who said it took longer than a reasonable time to be attended to at facility. These are multiple response questions so they will not add up to 100 and the table does not present all responses.

**75% of respondents did not report a loss of income and are therefore not included in this total. If these respondents are imputed as US$0 for loss of income, the overall average loss of income is US$22.59.

NGO, non-governmental organisation.