Table 2 Health system utilization patterns
Sex | N (survey responses) | Total | By age | p-value [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50–59 | 60+ | |||||
1. At least 1 facility visit in previous year | |||||||||
All | 1990 | 65% | 63% | 68% | 66% | 58% | 70% | 0.015 | |
Women | 865 | 68% | 69% | 69% | 69% | 65% | 65% | 0.833 | |
Men | 1125 | 62% | 56% | 67% | 63% | 53% | 75% | < 0.001 | |
2. Recent health facility visited | |||||||||
Government hospital | All | 1307 | 61% | 67% | 53% | 64% | 62% | 57% | 0.002 |
Women | 588 | 64% | 71% | 59% | 65% | 75% | 43% | < 0.001 | |
Men | 719 | 57% | 61% | 46% | 62% | 49% | 69% | < 0.001 | |
Government health centre | All | 1307 | 17% | 15% | 25% | 10% | 18% | 14% | < 0.001 |
Women | 588 | 15% | 12% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 19% | 0.036 | |
Men | 719 | 19% | 20% | 28% | 10% | 24% | 9% | < 0.001 | |
Private hospital | All | 1307 | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 0.288 |
Women | 588 | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 0.504 | |
Men | 719 | 2% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0.038 | |
Private clinic | All | 1307 | 20% | 16% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 27% | 0.059 |
Women | 588 | 18% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 12% | 36% | 0.001 | |
Men | 719 | 21% | 18% | 20% | 25% | 26% | 18% | 0.350 | |
Other | All | 1307 | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0.171 |
Women | 588 | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0.005 | |
Men | 719 | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0.608 | |
3. At least 1 telemedicine call | |||||||||
All | 1989 | 4% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 0.004 | |
Women | 864 | 5% | 2% | 3% | 12% | 7% | 7% | < 0.001 | |
Men | 1125 | 3% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 0.252 | |
4. At least 1 home visit by health worker | |||||||||
All | 1996 | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 0.188 | |
Women | 866 | 7% | 9% | 5% | 11% | 4% | 6% | 0.092 | |
Men | 1130 | 7% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 12% | 14% | < 0.001 | |
5. At least 1 overnight stay in hospital | |||||||||
All | 1988 | 11% | 12% | 12% | 9% | 7% | 13% | 0.050 | |
Women | 865 | 13% | 17% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 0.069 | |
Men | 1123 | 9% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 5% | 16% | 0.008 | |
6. Did not use care when needed (unmet need) | |||||||||
All | 2004 | 16% | 24% | 11% | 19% | 10% | 11% | < 0.001 | |
Women | 869 | 20% | 30% | 12% | 25% | 9% | 12% | < 0.001 | |
Men | 1135 | 13% | 18% | 10% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 0.023 | |