Table 5.
Injuries in the work place, distance to, and preferred place of care
| Injury types | Distance to a place of care (km) |
Preferred place of care |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤5 | 6-10 | >10 | Total | Hospitals | Traditional/herbal | Pharmacy/patent medicine | Total | |
| Bruises | 43 (25.0) | 107 (62.2) | 22 (12.8) | 172 | 55 (31.9) | 23 (13.4) | 94 (54.7) | 172 |
| Cuts | 39 (31.7) | 71 (57.7) | 13 (10.6) | 123 | 64 (52.0) | 11 (8.9) | 48 (39.0) | 123 |
| Burns | 7 (29.2) | 9 (37.5) | 8 (33.3) | 24 | 15 (62.5) | 3 (12.5) | 6 (25.0) | 24 |
| Electric shock | 3 (17.6) | 5 (29.4) | 9 (52.9) | 17 | 8 (47.1) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (29.4) | 17 |
| Dislocation/sprain/fracture | 4 (25.0) | 6 (37.5) | 6 (37.5) | 16 | 5 (31.2) | 7 (43.8) | 4 (25.0) | 16 |
| Others | 11 (39.3) | 9 (32.1) | 8 (28.6) | 28 | 11 (39.3) | 5 (17.9) | 12 (42.8) | 28 |