Table 1 Unmet need for healthcare services and the reasons for unmet need
From: Cost–related unmet need for healthcare services in Kenya
Variables | Outpatient | Inpatient | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Was ill and Needed admission | 36,901 | 88.3 | 4882 | 11.7 | 41,783 | |
Did not seek healthcare services | 3009 | 86.9 | 453 | 13.1 | 3462 | |
Percentage with unmet need | 8.2 | 9.3 | 8.3 | |||
Percentage with cost-related unmet need | 2.9 | 5.2 | 3.2 | |||
Reasons for unmet need | ||||||
Cost-related (Lack of money and high costs) | 1081 | 35.9 | 256 | 56.5 | 1337 | 38.6 |
Illness was not considered serious | 1070 | 35.6 | 88 | 19.4 | 1158 | 33.5 |
Self-Medication | 646 | 21.5 | 32 | 7.1 | 678 | 19.6 |
Long distance to the health provider | 49 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.8 | 57 | 1.7 |
Religious/cultural reasons | 36 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.1 | 41 | 1.2 |
Fear of serious illness | 11 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.4 |
Perceived poor quality of service | 8 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.9 | 12 | 0.4 |
Perceived lack of drugs at the facilities | 10 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.9 | 14 | 0.4 |
Other reasons (Not specified) | 98 | 3.3 | 55 | 12.1 | 153 | 4.4 |
Total (N) | 3009 | 453 | 3462 | |||