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Table 3 Relative risk ratios estimation showing the probability of choice of healthcare in last 4 weeks, with wealth quintiles

From: Malaria care seeking behavior of individuals in Ghana under the NHIS: Are we back to the use of informal care?

Variable

Regional/District hospital

Private hospital/clinic

Public health centre/clinic

Health insurance

5.76*** [2.54]

7.17*** [4.15]

4.85*** [1.89]

WQ_1

0.25 [0.22]

0.45 [0.47]

1.07 [0.73]

WQ_2

0.21** [0.15]

0.54 [0.47]

0.95 [0.56]

WQ_3

0.74 [0.16]

0.44 [0.38]

1.15 [0.67]

WQ_4

0.28** [0.14]

0.39 [0.26]

0.43 [0.24]

Primary educ

2.49* [1.23]

0.98 [0.58]

2.30** [1.02]

JSS educ

2.33 [1.54]

0.77 [0.58]

3.94** [2.21]

Secondary educ

0.30 [0.24]

4.63*** [3.08]

0.99 [0.64]

Male

1.12 [0.44]

0.78 [0.39]

0.89 [0.32]

HFAC in community

1.71 [0.85]

1.09 [0.61]

1.64 [0.69]

<18 years

0.48 [0.26]

0.36* [0.22]

1.12 [0.57]

>70 years

0.17* [0.17]

0.71 [0.68]

0.46 [0.39]

Time to facility

1.05** [0.03]

1.05** [0.03]

1.04* [0.01]

  1. Robust standard errors are in parentheses.
  2. *Significant at 10%.
  3. **Significant at 5%.
  4. ***Significant at 1%.
  5. Source: Household data January to April, 2011.