From: Compliance with referral of sick children: a survey in five districts of Afghanistan
Sought care outside home | Â | |||||||||
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Illness | No. | No | Yes | p-value1 | Â | |||||
ARI | 274 | 108 | 39% | 166 | 61% | .0131 | Â | |||
Diarrhea | 110 | 54 | 49% | 56 | 51% | .0005 | Â | |||
Fever | 108 | 28 | 26% | 80 | 74% | Â | Â | |||
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 | Â | Relative/ friend | Â | Private clinic or pharmacy | Public-sector facility | Â | 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% | Â |
Total | 492 | 6 | 2% | 52 | 17% | 58 | 19% | 186 | 62% | Â |
2. Comparing Public-sector facility with all others combined | ||||||||||
Type of public-sector facility | Â | |||||||||
(when first source of care was a public-sector facility) | Â | |||||||||
Illness | No. | CHW | Â | BPHS clinic | Â | BPHS hospital | Â | Â | ||
ARI | 117 | 30 | 26% | 69 | 59% | 18 | 15% | Â | ||
Diarrhea | 35 | 5 | 14% | 20 | 57% | 10 | 29% | Â | ||
Fever | 34 | 6 | 18% | 21 | 62% | 7 | 21% | Â | ||
Total | 186 | 41 | 22% | 110 | 59% | 35 | 19% | Â |