Table 1.

Examples of health seeking behaviors in countries with frequent local epidemics (Unit: %)

Ref.	Countries	District	Health problem/population	Medical health providers						Pharmacy	Self-treatment	Others	Not seeking
				Grass-root	Commune health station	Hospital central	Private hospital	Private clinics	Traditional medicine worker
[5]	Indonesia	Papua	Malaria	32.2			37.8		·	6.1		.	24.0
[6]	Indonesia	West Java	Fatal illnesses in young children	36.0					42.4				21.6
[7]	Indonesia	Jogjakarta	Tuberculosis	40.8					40.8				11.3
[8]	Uganda	Kampala	Chronic cough	59.6			25.0		0.6	13.5		1.3
[9]	Pakistan	Islamabad	Students	26.6			73.4
[10]	Pakistan	Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Abbotabad, Peshawar	General problem	18.4			26.2			39.1		23.5
[11]	Indonesia	West Java	Rural population	16.6			12.6		5.7	42.9	20.5
[12]	Pakistan	Karachi	Terminal child illness	14.0			15.0	68.0	3.0
[13]	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Childhood acute respiratory tract infections	12.5			24.7		26.3	26.4			10.3
[14]	Ethiopia	Gambella	Sexually transmitted infections	Rank 2*						Rank 1			56.8
[15]	Indonesia	South Sulawesi	Elderly health problem	Rank 1		Rank 3	Rank 2
[16]	South Africa	Johannesburg	Common infectious	Rank 2		Rank 3		Rank 2	Rank 4	Rank 1		Rank 5
[17]	China	Hong Kong	Respiratory and gastrointestinal-related infections	Rank 3			Rank 2		Rank 1
[18]	Guatemala	Chimaltenango, Totonicapán, Suchitepequez Jalapa	Child illness	Rank 2			Rank 3		Rank 4	Rank 1

Ref. – reference

*For publication where no indication of percentage (%) of participant using a provider is found, we ranked the providers in terms of time of contact (ie, first contact will be Rank 1)