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Table 5 Reasons and stage of illness for seeking health facility visits and consultation with UHE-ps in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Urban health extension program model housing and household visits improved the utilization of health Services in Urban Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Number (N)

Percent (%) (95% CI)

Consultation of UHE-ps in case of sickness

Yes

196

18.2 (16.1–20.5)

No

880

81.8 (79.5–83.9)

Total

1076

100

Reasons for visiting health facility

Child illness

37

19.6 (14.3–25.4)

Family planning

27

14.3 (9.5–19.6)

ANC

6

3.2 (1.1–5.8)

Delivery

8

4.2 (1.6–7.4)

Postnatal

2

1.1 (0–2.6)

Family illness

92

48.7 (41.3–56.1

Immunization

4

2.1 (0.5–4.2)

Total

189

 

At what stage of the illness do you visit the health facility?

Soon after the illness starts

698

65.0 (62.0–67.8)

No improvement of the illness

349

32.5 (29.7–35.4)

If the sick person is unable to eat/drink

21

2.0 (1.1–2.8)

Others

6

0.6 (0.2–1.0)