Table 3.
Health provider visited within fortnight and reasons for choice.
| Choice of health provider | Urban N = 572 % |
Rural N = 313 % |
Chi-square P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public | |||
| Outpatients’ clinics of hospital | 49.7 | 23.3 | Chi-square = 97.1 |
| Primary Health Center/MCH | 8.7 | 9.3 | df = 5 |
| Private | |||
| Clinic | 25.7 | 42.8 | p = 0.00 |
| Polyclinic (NGO) | 8.4 | 3.5 | |
| Pharmacy | 3.5 | 14.7 | |
| Did not visit any* | 4.0 | 6.4 | |
| Reasons for choice | N = 529 % |
N = 247 % |
|
| Good quality service | 35.5 | 30.4 | Chi-square = 13.9 |
| Near their home | 32.7 | 32.9 | df = 5 |
| Know health care providers | 11.9 | 21.6 | p = 0.02 |
| Free services | 13.9 | 18.5 | |
| Suitable working hours | 4.6 | 5.9 | |
| Others | 1.3 | 0.7 | |
*
0.3% of urban and 0.4% of rural visited traditional healers.