Table 4 Treatment seeking patterns and household costs prior to inclusion in the program
From: Costs of screening children for hearing disorders and delivery of hearing aids in China
Variable | Beijing | Nanning | Guigang | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment seeking pattern | N | % | N | % | N | % |
First place visited elsewhere | ||||||
Traditional healer | 47 | 94 | 36 | 54 | 27 | 50 |
Faith healer/religious person | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Chemist (e.g. pharmacy) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Village health worker/nurse practitioner | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Goverment doctor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Private doctor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
No other place | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 43 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Total | 50 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 54 | 100 |
Second place visited elsewhere | ||||||
Traditional healer | 34 | 68 | 30 | 45 | 2 | 4 |
Faith healer/religious person | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Chemist (e.g. pharmacy) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Village health worker/nurse practitioner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Special shop selling hearing aids | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
No other place | 12 | 24 | 21 | 31 | 48 | 89 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Total | 50 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 54 | 100 |
Third place visited elsewhere | ||||||
Traditional healer | 23 | 46 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 2 |
Faith healer/religious person | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Chemist (e.g. pharmacy) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Special shop selling hearing aids | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
No other place | 25 | 50 | 43 | 63 | 49 | 91 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Total | 50 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 54 | 100 |
Household costs | N | RMB | N | RMB | N | RMB |
First place visited elsewhere | ||||||
Registration fees, drugs, tests, hearing aids etc. | 50 | 5,852 | 62 | 1,259 | 28 | 6,054 |
Family transportation, food and lodging | 50 | 789 | 62 | 116 | 28 | 358 |
Family income lost because of seeking care | 50 | 364 | 61 | 84 | 28 | 187 |
Second place visited elsewhere | ||||||
Registration fees, drugs, tests, hearing aids etc. | 38 | 7,936 | 47 | 2,380 | 2 | 5,007 |
Family transportation, food and lodging | 38 | 780 | 47 | 110 | 2 | 508 |
Family income lost because of seeking care | 38 | 217 | 47 | 55 | 1 | 16 |
Third place visited elsewhere | ||||||
Registration fees, drugs, tests, hearing aids etc. | 25 | 3,862 | 25 | 1,465 | 1 | 18 |
Family transportation, food and lodging | 25 | 842 | 25 | 61 | 1 | 19 |
Family income lost because of seeking care | 25 | 98 | 25 | 38 | 1 | 20 |