Table 2 Number of sick children referred, illness for which referred and referral destination, by first source of care
From: Compliance with referral of sick children: a survey in five districts of Afghanistan
First source of care | Sick children | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Seen | Referred | Not Referred | Referred | Not Referred | P value1 | |||||
CHW | 41 | 29 | 71% | 12 | 29% | 29 | 71% | 12 | 29% | Â | |
Clinic | 110 | 23 | 21% | 87 | 79% | 30 | 21% | 115 | 79% | <.0001 | |
Hospital | 35 | 7 | 20% | 28 | 80% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Private clinic / pharmacy | 58 | 6 | 10% | 52 | 90% | 39 | 34% | 77 | 66% | <.0001 | |
Traditional healer | 6 | 3 | 50% | 3 | 50% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Relative/friend | 52 | 30 | 58% | 22 | 42% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Total | 302 | 99 | 33% | 203 | 67% | !. Comparing CHWs with others | |||||
First source of care | Illness for which referred | Â | |||||||||
| Â | Seen | ARI | Diarrhea | Fever | Â | ||||||
CHW | 41 | 24 | 83% | 3 | 10% | 2 | 7% | Â | |||
Clinic | 110 | 14 | 61% | 4 | 17% | 5 | 22% | Â | |||
Hospital | 35 | 5 | 71% | 1 | 14% | 1 | 14% | Â | Â | Â | |
Private clinic / pharmacy | 58 | 1 | 25% | 1 | 25% | 2 | 50% | Â | |||
Traditional healer | 6 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 33% | 1 | 33% | Â | |||
Relative/friend | 52 | 13 | 43% | 8 | 27% | 10 | 33% | Â | |||
Total | 302 | 59 | 60% | 19 | 19% | 21 | 21% | Â | |||
Referral destination | |||||||||||
First source of care | CHW | Clinic | Hospital | Private pharmacy | Other | Â | |||||
CHW | 1 | 3% | 27 | 93% | 1 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | Â |
Clinic | 1 | 4% | 10 | 44% | 7 | 30% | 5 | 22% | 0 | 0% | Â |
Hospital | 0 | 0% | 1 | 14% | 6 | 86% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | Â |
Private clinic / pharmacy | 0 | 0% | 1 | 25% | 3 | 75% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | Â |
Traditional healer | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33% | 1 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33% | Â |
Relative/friend | 1 | 3% | 19 | 61% | 9 | 29% | 1 | 3% | 1 | 3% | Â |
Total | 3 | 3% | 59 | 60% | 28 | 28% | 7 | 7% | 2 | 2% | Â |