Table 3.
Distribution of study participants by patterns of health care utilization
| Public facility n (%) |
Private facility n (%) |
Other facilities n (%) |
Total N |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predisposing factors | ||||
| Age | ||||
| Under 5 years | 23 (30.7) | 37 (49.3) | 15 (20.0) | 75 |
| 5–17 | 26 (32.5) | 40 (50.0) | 14 (17.5) | 80 |
| 18–29 | 24 (28.2) | 46 (54.1) | 15 (17.7) | 85 |
| 30–44 | 33 (38.4) | 35 (40.7) | 18 (20.9) | 86 |
| 45+ | 13 (34.2) | 13 (34.2) | 12 (31.6) | 38 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 76 (34.7) | 104 (47.5) | 39 (17.8) | 219 |
| Male | 43 (29.7) | 67 (46.2) | 35 (24.1) | 145 |
| Marital status** | ||||
| Married | 63 (26.7) | 124 (52.5) | 49 (20.8) | 236 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 20 (39.2) | 21 (41.2) | 10 (19.6) | 51 |
| Never married | 36 (46.8) | 26 (33.8) | 15 (19.5) | 77 |
| Enabling factors | ||||
| Wealth quintile** | ||||
| Q1 (poorest) | 27 (44.3) | 21 (34.4) | 13 (21.3) | 61 |
| Q2 | 23 (37.1) | 21 (33.9) | 18 (29.0) | 62 |
| Q3 | 23 (28.4) | 41 (50.6) | 17 (21.0) | 81 |
| Q4 | 31 (36.5) | 41 (48.2) | 13 (15.3) | 85 |
| Q5 (richest) | 15 (20.0) | 47 (62.7) | 13 (17.3) | 75 |
| Health insurance status*** | ||||
| Covered by insurance | 48 (28.6) | 97 (57.7) | 23 (13.7) | 168 |
| Not covered by insurance | 71 (36.2) | 74 (37.8) | 51 (26.0) | 196 |
| Education status of household head | ||||
| Primary complete or less | 48 (32.9) | 66 (45.2) | 32 (21.9) | 146 |
| Secondary complete | 67 (34.7) | 87 (45.1) | 39 (20.2) | 193 |
| College/University complete | 4 (16.0) | 18 (72.0) | 3 (12.0) | 25 |
| Employment status of household head | ||||
| Employed | 14 (18.4) | 49 (64.5) | 13 (17.1) | 76 |
| Casual worker | 43 (38.4) | 44 (39.3) | 25 (22.3) | 112 |
| Trader | 40 (36.0) | 49 (44.1) | 22 (19.8) | 111 |
| Unemployed | 22 (33.9) | 29 (44.6) | 14 (21.5) | 65 |
| Need factors | ||||
| Physical health state | ||||
| Acute infections** | 58 (30.2) | 106 (55.2) | 28 (14.6) | 192 |
| Mild infections | 30 (30.0) | 39 (39.0) | 31 (31.0) | 100 |
| Chronic infections** | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 0 | 6 |
| Chronic NCDs | 6 (42.9) | 7 (50.0) | 1 (7.1) | 14 |
| Other diseases | 20 (38.5) | 18 (34.6) | 14 (26.9) | 52 |
| Total | 119 (32.7) | 171 (47.0) | 74 (20.3) | 364 |
Notes: Other facilities include pharmacies/ drug shops and traditional healers; ** χ2 p-value < 0.05, *** χ2 p-value < 0.01; Row percentages are presented