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Table 4 First point of call when the respondents are sick from 2006 survey.

From: Community perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour in a rural district of Ghana: implications for artemisinin combination therapy

 

Household heads

Household members

Care-givers

 

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

 

N = 275

N = 280

N = 33

N = 32

N = 95

N = 135

 

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

Chemical Shop

51.6 (142, 45.6 - 57.7)

41.8 (117, 35.9 - 47.8)

30.3 (10, 15.6 - 48.7)

40.6 (13, 23.7 - 59.4)

44.2 (42, 34.0 - 54.8)

36.3, (49, 28.2 - 45.0)

Hospital

18.2 (50, 13.8 - 23.3)

15.4 (43, 11.3 - 20.1)

24.2 (8, 11.0 - 42.2)

25.0 (8, 11.4 - 43.4)

21.1 (20, 13.3 - 30.6)

17.0 (23, 11.1 - 24.5)

Use of traditional medicine

10.9 (30, 7.4 - 15.2)

23.2 (65, 18.3 - 28.6)

9.1 (3, 1.9 - 24.3)

9.4 (3, 2.0 - 25.0)

1.0 (1, 0.0 - 5.7)

9.6 (13, 5.2 - 16.0)

Health Centre

8.0 (22, 5.1 - 11.9)

7.1 (20, 4.4 - 10.8)

24.2 (8, 11.1 - 42.2)

12.5 (4, 3.5 - 29.0)

13.7 (13, 7.5 - 22.3)

12.6 (17, 7.5 - 19.4)

Private Clinic

2.9 (8, 1.3 - 5.6)

4.3 (12, 2.2 - 7.4)

3.1 (1, 0.1 - 15.7)

0.0 (0, -)

9.5 (9, 4.4 - 17.2)

2.2 (3, 0.5 - 6.3)

Use of left over orthodox medicine at home

2.9 (8, 1.3 - 5.6)

4.3 (12, 2.2 - 7.4)

9.1 (3, 1.9 - 24.3)

3.1 (1, 0.1 - 16.2)

9.5 (9, 4.4 - 17.2)

10.4 (14, 5.8 - 16.8)

Drugs from Friend/relative

2.6 (7, 1.0 - 5.2)

0.4 (1, 0.0 - 1.9)

0.0 (0, -)

0.0 (0, -)

1.0 (1, 0.0 - 5.7)

3.0 (4, 0.8 - 7.4)

Herbalist

0.7 (2, 0.1 - 2.6)

0.7 (2, 0.1 - 2.5)

0.0 (0 - )

0.0 (0, -)

0.0 (0, -)

0.7 (1, 0.0 - 4.0)

Other

2.2 (6, 0.8 - 4.7)

2.9 (8, 1.2 - 5.5)

0.0 (0 - )

9.4 (3, 2.0 - 25)

0.0 (0, -)

8.2 (11, 4.1 - 14.1)

Total

100

100.0

100.0

100

100.0

100.0