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Table 1 Summary statistics on morbidity and healthcare utilization from the pictorial diary and household survey data

From: Can we trust measures of healthcare utilization from household surveys?

 

Mean

Standard deviation

N obs

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

 

Panel A: Pictorial diary measures

 

Morbidity

   

Any illness past one month

0.410

0.410

1,197

Any illness past six months

0.928

0.258

1,197

Illness episodes per year

9.77

8.11

1,197

Healthcare utilization

   

Any clinic visit past one month

0.180

0.384

1,197

Any clinic visit past six months

0.629

0.483

1,197

Clinic visits per year

2.52

2.81

1,197

Any informal care visit past one month

0.157

0.364

1,197

Any informal care visit past six months

0.670

0.470

1,197

Informal care visits per year

3.08

3.35

1,197

 

Panel B: Household survey measures

 

Morbidity

   

Any illness past one month

0.457

0.498

1,193

Any illness past one year

0.604

0.489

1,193

Healthcare utilization

   

Any clinic visit past one month

0.153

0.360

1,193

Any clinic visit past one year

0.217

0.412

1,193

Any informal care visit past one month

0.211

0.408

1,193

Any informal care visit past one year

0.267

0.443

1,193

  1. Notes: Data are for the control group only. The number of illness episodes and clinic visits per year from the pictorial diary are based on data collected over a six month period. To account for seasonality, any illness, clinic visit, or informal care visit in the past month based on the pictorial diary is for the month of November so as to be comparable with the month of recall in the household survey.
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BMC Public Health

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