Table 2 Proportion of Different Ailments in the Outpatient care Episodes managed by different Types of Providers
From: Comparing the average cost of outpatient care of public and for-profit private providers in India
Disease | Public Providers | Formal For-Profit Providers | Informal Private Providers | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 318) | (N = 185) | (N = 306) | ||
Cold and cough | 57.1 | 64.8 | 66.4 | 0.086 |
Malaria | 15.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 0.109 |
Diarrhea | 5.6 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.074 |
Body Pain | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 0.298 |
Skin Infection | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.715 |
Typhoid | 1.9 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 0.002* |
Knee and Joint Pain | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.313 |
Weakness | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.575 |
Injury | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.861 |
Respiratory Infection | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.639 |
Stomach ache | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.284 |
Others | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 0.629 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | Â |