Table 2.
Characteristics of reported health episodes stratified by insurance status at the time of the health episode
| All health episodes (N = 1761) |
Insurance status at time of health episode |
P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured |
Insured |
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| N | n (%) | N | n (%) | N | n (%) | ||
| Panel A: health episodes | |||||||
| Type of health episode | 1761 | 1163 | 598 | 0.475 | |||
| Communicable diseases | 1277 (72.5) | 848 (72.9) | 429 (71.7) | ||||
| Non-communicable diseases | 391 (22.2) | 259 (22.3) | 132 (22.1) | ||||
| Injuries | 93 (5.3) | 56 (4.8) | 37 (6.2) | ||||
| Health episode severity | 1761 | 1163 | 598 | 0.904* | |||
| Less severe: able to perform daily activities | 1002 (58.4) | 668 (58.5) | 334 (58.2) | ||||
| More severe: unable to perform activities for ≥1 day | 714 (41.6) | 474 (41.5) | 240 (41.8) | ||||
| Missing | 45 | 21 | 24 | ||||
| Time of health episode | 1761 | 1163 | 598 | 0.034 | |||
| During the dry season | 673 (38.2) | 424 (36.5) | 249 (41.6) | ||||
| During the wet season | 1088 (61.8) | 739 (63.5) | 349 (58.4) | ||||
| Panel B: consultations | |||||||
| Healthcare provider consulted | 1761 | 1163 | 598 | 0.107 | |||
| Yes | 1576 (89.5) | 1031 (88.7) | 545 (91.1) | ||||
| No | 185 (10.5) | 132 (11.3) | 53 (8.9) | ||||
| Number of consultations per episode | 1576 | 1031 | 545 | 0.072 | |||
| 1 | 1456 (92.4) | 959 (93.0) | 497 (91.2) | ||||
| 2 | 101 (6.4) | 57 (5.5) | 44 (8.1) | ||||
| ≥3 | 19 (1.2) | 15 (1.5) | 4 (0.7) | ||||
| Time between reported health episode and first consultation | 1576 | 1031 | 545 | <0.001* | |||
| Same day | 738 (52.5) | 444 (43.1) | 294 (61.9) | ||||
| Next day | 416 (29.6) | 289 (28) | 127 (26.7) | ||||
| Two or more days | 251 (17.9) | 197 (19.1) | 54 (11.4) | ||||
| Missing | 171 | 101 | 70 | ||||
| Number of different provider types consulted | 1576 | 1031 | 545 | 0.392 | |||
| One provider type | 1529 (97) | 1003 (97.3) | 526 (96.5) | ||||
| Two provider types | 47 (3) | 28 (2.7) | 19 (3.5) | ||||
| Type of provider consulted | |||||||
| Informal provider | 1576 | 1203 (76.3) | 1031 | 804 (78.0) | 545 | 399 (73.2) | 0.034 |
| Non-upgraded facility | 1576 | 279 (17.7) | 1031 | 224 (21.7) | 545 | 55 (10.1) | <0.001 |
| Upgraded facility | 1576 | 141 (8.9) | 1031 | 31 (3.0) | 545 | 110 (20.2) | <0.001 |
For categorical variables, P-values were calculated using the chi-square test, and for continuous variables, P-values were calculated using the Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test. SD, standard deviation.
*
P-value was calculated excluding the category ‘Missing’.