Table 4 Prevalence (%) of seeking medical care for COPD, hypertension, and co-morbidity in last one year by type of provider and level of satisfaction in rural and urban sites
Type of medical care and level of satisfaction | Dhaka (urban) | Matlab (rural) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COPD | Hypertens-ion | Comorbidity | COPD | Hypertension | Comorbidity | |
Did not seek medical care | 48.4 | 48.8 | 3.8 | 32.5 | 41.4 | 0.0 |
Sought medical care | 51.6** | 51.2 | 96.2 | 67.5 | 58.6 | 100.0 |
Type of provider $ | ||||||
MBBS doctor | 22.6** | 32.5** | 18.9 | 7.9 | 15.7 | 9.5 |
Village doctors/drug stores | 25.3** | 17.9** | 75.5 | 58.9 | 41.4 | 90.5 |
Health worker | 0.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
Homeopath/kabiraj/hekim | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
# of patients who sought medical care | 95 | 126 | 51 | 197 | 82 | 74 |
Satisfied with treatment | 93.8** | 98.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 96.2 | 100.0 |
Not satisfied | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
No. of patients (N) | 184 | 246 | 53 | 292 | 140 | 74 |