Table 3 Hospital visit and medicine use by cases of acute gastrointestinal illness in the 4 weeks prior to interview in Gansu Province, northwest China, June 2012–May 2013
Variable | No. of case (%) |
|---|---|
Sought medical care (n = 104) | |
Yes | 78 (75.0) |
No | 26 (25.0) |
Submit a stool sample (n = 78) | |
Yes | 38 (48.7) |
No | 40 (51.3) |
Take medicine (n = 104) | |
Yes | 98 (94.2) |
No | 6 (5.8) |
Type of medicine (n = 92)a | |
Antibiotics | 64 (69.6) |
Antidiarrhoeals | 52 (56.5) |
Analgesics | 19 (20.7) |
Antipyretics | 9 (9.8) |
Antacids | 3 (3.3) |
Other | 5 (5.4) |
Unknown | 19 (20.7) |
Location of medicine purchase (n = 98)a | |
Hospitals with prescription | 78 (79.6) |
Family medicine chest | 16 (16.3 ) |
Pharmacy | 12 (12.2 ) |
Other | 1 ( 1.0 ) |