Table 3 Health Care Services Accessed by Patients
Utilization of health care service | Number | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Usual Care source | ||
Health Centre | 790 | 38.2 |
Government-Hospital | 1187 | 57.5 |
Pharmacy-drug | 19 | 0.9 |
Private-facility | 70 | 3.4 |
Total | 2066 | 100 |
Reason for choice | ||
Proximity | 845 | 40.9 |
Lab | 62 | 3.0 |
Drugs available | 104 | 5.0 |
NHIS Credential | 611 | 29.6 |
Medical Doctors available | 444 | 21.5 |
Total | 2066 | 100 |
Level of Severity of illness for Choice of Health Facility | ||
Severity of illness | 384 | 18.6 |
Moderate/mild | 827 | 40.0 |
All levels of severity | 855 | 41.4 |
Total | 2066 | 100 |
Signs and symptoms presenting | ||
Fever-malaria like | 981 | 47.5 |
Difficult-in-breathing | 203 | 9.8 |
ENT-toothache | 115 | 5.6 |
Injury | 104 | 5.1 |
Review | 485 | 23.4 |
Eye infection | 103 | 5.0 |
Hypertension-diabetes | 55 | 2.6 |
Skin Infections | 20 | 1.0 |
Total | 2066 | 100 |