Equity in health and healthcare in Malawi: analysis of trends

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Table 3 Selected indicators of health service use

	1992		2000		2004
Indicator	Population average	Quintile ratio (poor/rich)	Population average	Quintile ratio (poor/rich)	Population average²	Quintile ratio (poor/rich)¹
Immunization coverage (%)	81.8	0.82	70.1	0.80	64.4	0.67
ARI*: % medically seen if ill	53.7	0.76	26.7	0.39	19.6	0.67
ARI: treatment in public facility	36.5	0.73	18	0.58	N.A.	N.A
Diarrhoea: ORT** use	73.3	0.75	62.1	0.85	61.1	0.84
Diarrhoea: % seen if medically ill	49	0.76	28.3	0.79	36.4	0.85
Diarrhoea: % seen in public facility if ill	34.7	0.87	20.7	1.08	N.A.	N.A.
Antenatal visits to a medically trained person (doctor, nurse or nurse-midwife)	90.1	0.87	92.5	0.91	92.1	0.91
Delivery attendance by a medically trained person	54.9	0.57	55.6	0.52	56.1	0.55
Delivery: % of births at a public facility	41.2	0.58	40.2	0.56	41.9	0.61
Delivery: % of births at home	42.7	2.6	43.6	3.39	29.4	4.0

*Acute respiratory infection; ** Oral rehydration therapy; N.A. – Data not available
Source: [14, 29-30]; ¹ own calculation

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