Table 5 Medical care sought from trained providers in rural and urban sites: percentage and odds ratio by type of morbidity and socioeconomic and demographic variables
Type of illness and demographic and socioeconomic variables | Dhaka (urban) | Matlab (rural) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical care | OR1(95% CI) | Medical care | OR1(95% CI) | |
Type of patients/illness | ||||
COPD | 23.9 | 0.89 (0.54-1.47) | 8.2 | 0.59 (0.30-1.15) |
Hypertension (reference) | 32.9 | 1.00 | 17.1 | 1.00 |
Comorbidity | 20.8 | 0.60 (0.27-1.31) | 9.5 | 0.60 (0.24-1.53) |
Age (years) of patients | ||||
35-49 | 27.0 | 0.97 (0.54-1.73) | 5.9 | 0.53 (0.15-1.84) |
50-59 | 32.4 | 1.46 (0.89-2.38) | 14.2 | 1.33 (0.70-2.54) |
60+ (reference) | 26.0 | 1.00 | 10.7 | 1.00 |
Sex of patients | ||||
Male (reference) | 20.1 | 1.00 | 9.7 | 1.00 |
Female | 40.2 | 2.30** (1.45-3.66) | 13.0 | 1.20 (0.63-2.29) |
Education (class passed) | ||||
None (reference) | 28.5 | 1.00 | 9.1 | 1.00 |
Primary (class I-V) | 26.4 | 1.30 (0.72-2.35) | 10.5 | 1.21 (0.59-2.47) |
Secondary + (class VI+) | 29.1 | 0.70 (0.39-1.25) | 14.5 | 1.12 (0.53-2.33) |
Household asset quintile | ||||
Lowest (reference) | 11.3 | 1.00 | 4.0 | 1.00 |
Second | 20.8 | 1.83 (0.81-4.16) | 4.0 | 0.93 (0.22-3.92) |
Middle | 22.1 | 2.44* (1.01-5.92) | 14.7 | 3.75* (1.14-12.31) |
Fourth | 38.1 | 5.91** (2.69-12.96) | 13.0 | 3.46* (1.07-11.20) |
Highest | 43.8 | 7.50** (3.26-17.23) | 19.5 | 5.17** (1.54-17.33) |
No. of patients (N) | 483 | 506 | ||