Table 5.
All healthcare facilities and providers consulted by community members reporting illness enrolled in a survey of healthcare utilisation, Msunduzi municipality, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2013, by income, age group and HIV status
| Income group (ZAR*), n (%) |
HIV, n (%) |
Age group (years), n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facilities | <1 000 (N=122) | 1 000 – 4 999 (N=284) | ≥5 000 (N=71) | Unknown (N=158) | Infected (N= 85) | Uninfected (N=468) | Unknown (N=82) | <5 (N=66) | 5 – 64 (N=525) | ≥65 (N=44) |
| Public health facilities | 86 (70.5) | 167 (58.8) | 23 (32.4) | 102 (64.7) | 62 (72.9) | 269 (57.5) | 47 (57.3) | 42 (63.6) | 312 (59.4) | 24 (54.6) |
| Private healthcare | 8 (6.6) | 26 (9.2) | 24 (33.8) | 14 (8.9) | 3 (3.5) | 60 (12.8) | 9 (11.0) | 9 (13.6) | 55 (10.5) | 8 (18.2) |
| Pharmacy | 18 (14.8) | 55 (19.4) | 14 (19.7) | 27 (17.1) | 13 (15.3) | 84 (18.0) | 17 (20.7) | 10 (15.2) | 101 (19.2) | 3 (6.8) |
| No care | 10 (8.2) | 36 (12.7) | 10 (14.1) | 15 (9.5) | 7 (8.2) | 55 (11.8) | 9 (11.0) | 5 (7.6) | 57 (10.9) | 9 (20.5) |
*
South African rand/US dollar exchange rate at the time of the study ZAR1 to USD0.07.