Determinants affecting utilisation of health services and treatment for children under-5 in rural Nepali health centres: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Median time from symptom onset to attendance at a health centre for young children (age 2–59 months) with ARI, Diarrhoea, Fever and Ear Infection

	ARI			Diarrhoea			Fever			Ear Infection
	n	Med (IQR)	p	n	Med (IQR)	p	n	Med (IQR)	p	n	Med (IQR)	p
District			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			0.350
Sindhupalchowk	1377	3 (2, 3)		638	2 (2, 3)		1449	2 (2, 3)		1	2 (2, 2)
Gorkha	1477	2 (2, 3)		1351	2 (2, 3)		1619	2 (2, 3)		0	-
Humla	769	3 (2, 5)		994	3 (2, 5)		721	3 (2, 4)		0	-
Mugu	1144	3 (3, 5)		1976	3 (3, 5)		1238	3 (2, 4)		0	-
Bajura	3679	3 (2, 3)		3480	3 (2, 3)		3481	3 (2, 3)		49	3 (2, 4)
Ethnicity
Dalit	1838	3 (2, 4)	< 0.001	2007	3 (2, 4)	< 0.001	1913	3 (2, 3)	< 0.001	11	3 (2, 5)	0.829
Janajati	2655	2 (2, 3)		2002	2 (2, 3)		2877	2 (2, 3)		2	5 (2, 7)
Madhesi	41	3 (2, 4)		54	3 (3, 3)		43	3 (2, 3)		0	-
Muslim	13	3 (2, 3)		11	3 (2, 6)		12	3 (2.5, 3)		0	-
Brahmin/ Chhetri	2885	3 (2, 4)		3212	3 (2, 4)		2828	3 (2, 3)		19	3 (2, 3)
Others	931	3 (2, 4)		1103	3 (2, 5)		795	3 (2, 3)		18	3 (2, 5)
Sex			0.820			0.945			0.111			0.590
Female	3717	3 (2, 3)		3709	3 (2, 4)		3737	2 (2, 3)		21	3 (2, 3)
Male	4714	3 (2, 3)		4721	3 (2, 4)		4760	2 (2, 3)		29	3 (2, 4)
Total	8446	3 (2, 3)		8439	3 (2, 4)		8508	2 (2, 3)		50	3 (2, 4)

ARI = Acute Respiratory Infection; IQR = Inter-Quartile Range; All p-values either Mann-Whitney U tests, or Kruskal Wallis ANOVA depending whether comparing 2 or 3 groups

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