Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants at JUMC, Ethiopia (N = 269)

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Age (year)	mean age ± SD	41.95 ± 17.76 (18 to 90)
Sex	Male	179	66.5
	Female	90	33.5
Monthly income	no constant income	47	17.5
	<  1500	95	35.3
	1500–6000	102	37.9
	>  6000	25	9.3
Health cost coveragea	Self-payment	223	82.9
	Free (government)	46	17.1

^a - the majority (21.3%) of patients with no constant income were paid by the government or got free service at JUMC