Which health care facilities do adult malawian antiretroviral therapy patients utilize during intercurrent illness? a cross sectional study

Table 1 Reasons ART patients stated for utilizing QECH for last illness episode

Reasons for utilizing own clinic¹	N	%²	Reasons for not utilizing own clinic¹	N	%³
Good quality of care	88	75.2	Poor quality of care	13	15.3
Short distance	22	18.8	Long distance	56	65.9
Good attitude of staff	5	4.3	Poor attitude of staff	1	1.2
Referral	4	3.4	Long waiting time	13	15.3
Cost	2	1.7	Cost	1	1.2
Acceptable waiting time	1	0.9	Privacy	0	0
Privacy	1	0.9	Other	25	29.4

1. Patients could give more than 1 reason. 2. Denominator is number of patients who utilized QECH during last illness episode (n = 117). 3. Denominator is number of patients who did not utilize QECH during last illness episode (n = 85).

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