Compliance with referral of sick children: a survey in five districts of Afghanistan

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Care-seeking outside the home, sources of care and type of health facility, by type of illness

Sought care outside home
Illness	No.	No		Yes		p-value¹
ARI	274	108	39%	166	61%	.0131
Diarrhea	110	54	49%	56	51%	.0005
Fever	108	28	26%	80	74%
Total	492	189	39%	302	61%
1. Comparing ARI with Fever and Diarrhea with Fever
First source of care outside home
Illness	No.	Traditional healer		Relative/ friend		Private clinic or pharmacy		Public-sector facility		p-value²
ARI	274	2	1%	18	11%	29	18%	117	71%	.0001
Diarrhea	110	1	2%	10	18%	10	18%	35	63%	.0357
Fever	108	3	4%	24	30%	19	24%	34	43%
Total	492	6	2%	52	17%	58	19%	186	62%
2. Comparing Public-sector facility with all others combined
Type of public-sector facility
(when first source of care was a public-sector facility)
Illness	No.	CHW		BPHS clinic		BPHS hospital
ARI	117	30	26%	69	59%	18	15%
Diarrhea	35	5	14%	20	57%	10	29%
Fever	34	6	18%	21	62%	7	21%
Total	186	41	22%	110	59%	35	19%

ISSN: 1471-2431