From: Compliance with referral of sick children: a survey in five districts of Afghanistan
First source of care | Urgency of referral | ||||||||||
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 | Immediately | Same day | If worse |  | Not specified | No recall | p value1 | ||||
CHW | 6 | 21% | 11 | 38% | 9 | 31% | 2 | 7% | 1 | 3% | Â |
Clinic | 2 | 9% | 5 | 22% | 7 | 30% | 8 | 35% | 1 | 4% | .0210 |
Hospital | 5 | 71% | 1 | 14% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 14% | 0 | 0% | Â |
Private clinic/ pharmacy | 4 | 67% | 1 | 17% | 1 | 17% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | .5072 |
Traditional healer | 1 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33% | 1 | 33% | 0 | 0% | Â |
Relative/friend | 11 | 36% | 6 | 19% | 7 | 23% | 5 | 16% | 2 | 7% | Â |
Total | 29 | 29% | 24 | 24% | 25 | 25% | 17 | 17% | 4 | 4% | Â |
 |  |  | 1. Comparing CHW with BPHS facilities and All others combined | ||||||||
First source of care | Referral slip given | ||||||||||
 | Yes | No | p value2 | p value3 | 2. Comparing CHW with BPHS facilities and with all others combined | ||||||
CHW | 21 | 72% | 8 | 28% | Â | Â | 3. Comparing BPHS facilities with all others combined | ||||
Clinic | 5 | 22% | 18 | 78% | .0040 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Hospital | 5 | 71% | 2 | 29% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Private clinic/ pharmacy | 3 | 50% | 3 | 50% | <.0001 | .0439 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Traditional healer | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Relative/friend | 1 | 3% | 30 | 97% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Total | 36 | 36% | 63 | 63% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
First source of care | Complied with referral | ||||||||||
 | Yes |  | No |  | 1st Source | Yes |  | p value |  |  |  |
CHW | 23 | 79% | 6 | 21% | Community level | 53 | 84% | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Clinic | 15 | 65% | 8 | 35% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Hospital | 6 | 86% | 1 | 14% | Public or private facility | 22 | 61% | .0146 | Â | Â | Â |
Private clinic/ pharmacy | 1 | 17% | 5 | 83% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Traditional healer | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Relative/friend | 27 | 87% | 4 | 13% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Total | 75 | 76% | 24 | 24% | Total | 75 | 76% | Â | Â | Â | Â |