Table 4.

Delay in care seeking for those seeking care initially from appropriate and inappropriate providers

		Number seeking care	Number of cases with missing care seeking delay data*	Median delay in days (IQR), n
Appropriate health care provider†	No pneumonia	237	18 (8%)	2 (1-3.5), n = 219
	Pneumonia	236	10 (4%)	3 (2-5), n = 226
Inappropriate health care provider‡	No pneumonia	65	2 (3%)	3 (1-4), n = 63
	Pneumonia	66	3 (5%)	3 (1.5-4), n = 63

IQR – interquartile range

*Represents the number of cases with incompletely recorded data on care seeking delay within each sub category.

†Government hospitals, health centres, health posts and private hospitals and clinics were considered appropriate providers.

‡Pharmacies, chemists, friends, relations, other private facilities, and other sources were considered inappropriate providers.