Table 3 Distribution of study participants by patterns of health care utilization
| Â | Public facility n (%) | Private facility n (%) | Other facilities n (%) | Total N |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Predisposing factors | ||||
 Age | ||||
  Under 5 years | 23 (30.7) | 37 (49.3) | 15 (20.0) | 75 |
  5–17 | 26 (32.5) | 40 (50.0) | 14 (17.5) | 80 |
  18–29 | 24 (28.2) | 46 (54.1) | 15 (17.7) | 85 |
  30–44 | 33 (38.4) | 35 (40.7) | 18 (20.9) | 86 |
  45+ | 13 (34.2) | 13 (34.2) | 12 (31.6) | 38 |
 Sex | ||||
  Female | 76 (34.7) | 104 (47.5) | 39 (17.8) | 219 |
  Male | 43 (29.7) | 67 (46.2) | 35 (24.1) | 145 |
 Marital status** | ||||
  Married | 63 (26.7) | 124 (52.5) | 49 (20.8) | 236 |
  Divorced/separated/widowed | 20 (39.2) | 21 (41.2) | 10 (19.6) | 51 |
  Never married | 36 (46.8) | 26 (33.8) | 15 (19.5) | 77 |
Enabling factors | ||||
 Wealth quintile** | ||||
  Q1 (poorest) | 27 (44.3) | 21 (34.4) | 13 (21.3) | 61 |
  Q2 | 23 (37.1) | 21 (33.9) | 18 (29.0) | 62 |
  Q3 | 23 (28.4) | 41 (50.6) | 17 (21.0) | 81 |
  Q4 | 31 (36.5) | 41 (48.2) | 13 (15.3) | 85 |
  Q5 (richest) | 15 (20.0) | 47 (62.7) | 13 (17.3) | 75 |
 Health insurance status*** | ||||
  Covered by insurance | 48 (28.6) | 97 (57.7) | 23 (13.7) | 168 |
  Not covered by insurance | 71 (36.2) | 74 (37.8) | 51 (26.0) | 196 |
 Education status of household head | ||||
  Primary complete or less | 48 (32.9) | 66 (45.2) | 32 (21.9) | 146 |
  Secondary complete | 67 (34.7) | 87 (45.1) | 39 (20.2) | 193 |
  College/University complete | 4 (16.0) | 18 (72.0) | 3 (12.0) | 25 |
 Employment status of household head | ||||
  Employed | 14 (18.4) | 49 (64.5) | 13 (17.1) | 76 |
  Casual worker | 43 (38.4) | 44 (39.3) | 25 (22.3) | 112 |
  Trader | 40 (36.0) | 49 (44.1) | 22 (19.8) | 111 |
  Unemployed | 22 (33.9) | 29 (44.6) | 14 (21.5) | 65 |
Need factors | ||||
 Physical health state | ||||
  Acute infections** | 58 (30.2) | 106 (55.2) | 28 (14.6) | 192 |
  Mild infections | 30 (30.0) | 39 (39.0) | 31 (31.0) | 100 |
  Chronic infections** | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 0 | 6 |
  Chronic NCDs | 6 (42.9) | 7 (50.0) | 1 (7.1) | 14 |
  Other diseases | 20 (38.5) | 18 (34.6) | 14 (26.9) | 52 |
Total | 119 (32.7) | 171 (47.0) | 74 (20.3) | 364 |