Table 4.
Pattern of treatment seeking among TB patients belonging to households which generally do not seek treatment from public health services for other illnesses
| Reasons for generally not seeking treatment from public health services for other illness | Treatment seeking for TB | Chi square; p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not seeking any treatment n=150 N (%) |
Seeking treatment from public/public and private health services n=2079 N (%) |
Seeking treatment from private health services only n=2295 N (%) |
Total n=4524 N (%) |
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| No nearby facility | |||||
| Yes | 76 (4) | 1000 (50) | 912 (46) | 1988 (100) | 33.81; 0.00 |
| No | 74 (3) | 1079 (43) | 1383 (54) | 2536 (100) | |
| Facility timing not convenient | |||||
| Yes | 48 (4) | 613 (45) | 689 (51) | 1350 (100) | 0.49; 0.78 |
| No | 102 (3) | 1466 (46) | 1606 (51) | 3174 (100) | |
| Health personnel often absent | |||||
| Yes | 23 (3) | 354 (48) | 364 (49) | 741 (100) | 1.21; 0.55 |
| No | 127 (3) | 1725 (46) | 1931 (51) | 3783 (100) | |
| Waiting time too long | |||||
| Yes | 65 (4) | 794 (44) | 928 (52) | 1787 (100) | 3.25; 0.20 |
| No | 85 (3) | 1285 (47) | 1367 (50) | 2737 (100) | |
| Poor quality of care | |||||
| Yes | 76 (3) | 1026 (42) | 1355 (55) | 2457 (100) | 42.11; 0.00 |
| No | 74 (4) | 1053 (51) | 940 (45) | 2067 (100) | |
| Other reasons | |||||
| Yes | 2 (1) | 104 (49) | 106 (50) | 212 (100) | 4.26; 0.12 |
| No | 148 (3) | 1975 (46) | 2189 (51) | 4312 (100) | |