Table 4.

Results of the multinomial logistic regression analysis on factors associated with healthcare provider choices with no provider consulted as reference (N = 1761)

	Informal provider		Non-upgraded facility		Upgraded facility
	Relative risk ratio	95% CI	Relative risk ratio	95% CI	Relative risk ratio	95% CI
Health episode level
Insurance status
Uninsured	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
Insured	1.33	0.83–2.14	0.78	0.41–1.46	10.49***	5.88–18.72
Type of health episode
Communicable	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
Non-communicable	1.08	0.71–1.64	0.68	0.45–1.03	0.51*	0.3–0.87
Injury	0.82	0.45–1.49	0.95	0.37–2.41	0.19*	0.05–0.68
Health episode severity
Less severe: able to perform daily activities	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
More severe: unable to perform activities for ≥1 day	2.19***	1.56–3.08	8.63***	5.57–13.35	4.31***	2.08–8.94
Season
Dry season	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
Wet season	1.36	0.78–2.39	1.13	0.57–2.23	2.69*	1.24–5.8
Individual level
Age group
<5	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
5–14	0.82	0.52–1.31	0.78	0.42–1.47	1.83	0.8–4.17
15–49	1.15	0.7–1.87	1.47	0.94–2.31	1.20	0.56–2.6
50+	0.84	0.53–1.32	0.46	0.16–1.3	0.63	0.23–1.73
Household level
Education household head
No school at all	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
Pre-primary/primary	0.58	0.31–1.05	0.25*	0.08–0.79	0.74	0.35–1.56
Secondary	0.69	0.41–1.14	0.88	0.37–2.09	0.49	0.19–1.24
Tertiary	0.92	0.58–1.46	1.21	0.55–2.65	0.84	0.48–1.46
Wealth
Low	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
Middle	0.83	0.52–1.33	1.12	0.52–2.42	1.40	0.8–2.46
High	1.47	0.87–2.49	2.89*	1.16–7.22	1.02	0.52–2.02
Location
Rural	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
Urban	0.87	0.66–1.14	0.66	0.15–2.9	2.04**	1.36–3.04

CI, confidence interval.

^* P < 0.05,

^** P < 0.01,

^*** P < 0.001.