Table 3.
Health Care Services Accessed by Patients
| Utilization of health care service | Number | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Usual Care source | ||
| Health Centre | 790 | 38.2 |
| Government-Hospital | 1187 | 57.5 |
| Pharmacy-drug | 19 | 0.9 |
| Private-facility | 70 | 3.4 |
| Total | 2066 | 100 |
| Reason for choice | ||
| Proximity | 845 | 40.9 |
| Lab | 62 | 3.0 |
| Drugs available | 104 | 5.0 |
| NHIS Credential | 611 | 29.6 |
| Medical Doctors available | 444 | 21.5 |
| Total | 2066 | 100 |
| Level of Severity of illness for Choice of Health Facility | ||
| Severity of illness | 384 | 18.6 |
| Moderate/mild | 827 | 40.0 |
| All levels of severity | 855 | 41.4 |
| Total | 2066 | 100 |
| Signs and symptoms presenting | ||
| Fever-malaria like | 981 | 47.5 |
| Difficult-in-breathing | 203 | 9.8 |
| ENT-toothache | 115 | 5.6 |
| Injury | 104 | 5.1 |
| Review | 485 | 23.4 |
| Eye infection | 103 | 5.0 |
| Hypertension-diabetes | 55 | 2.6 |
| Skin Infections | 20 | 1.0 |
| Total | 2066 | 100 |