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Table 2 Utilisation rates by new clients’ characteristics in Dale and Wonsho district primary health care units (PHCUs), 2018, Sidama, Ethiopia (N = 73,513)

From: Low and unequal use of outpatient health services in public primary health care facilities in southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Utilised health service

Estimated total number of eligible population

% (out of 73,513 new cases)

Rates of utilisation (95%CI)

Odds ratio (95%CI)

P-value

Yes

No

Health facilities

 Health centres’ cases

50,275

348,294

398,569

68.7

0.13 (0.12–0.13)

2.33 (2.29–2.37)

P < 0.0001

 Health posts’ cases

23,238

375,331

398,569

31.3

0.06 (0.05–0.06)

1

 

Residence

 Rural

59,929

318,712

378,641

81.8

0.16 (0.15–0.16)

0.09 (0.08–0.09)

P < 0.0001

 Urban

13,584

6345

19,929

18.2

0.68 (0.67–0.69)

1

Districts

 Wonsho

25,066

104,664

129,730

34.1

0.19 (0.19–0.20)

1

P < 0.0001

 Dale

48,447

220,392

268,839

65.9

0.18 (0.17–0.18)

0.92 (0.90–0.93)

 

Sex

 Female

55,159

141,180

196,339

75.0

0.28 (0.27–0.28)

4.17 (4.09–4.25)

P < 0.0001

 Male

17,334

184,896

202,230

23.6

0.09 (0.08–0.09)

1

 

 Not recorded

1020

1.4

  

Age group

 Under 5

8936

53,293

62,229

12.2

0.14 (0.14–0.15)

1

 

 5–14

4508

124,039

128,547

6.1

0.04 (0.03–0.04)

0.22 (0.21–0.23)

P < 0.0001

 15–24

17,125

59,678

76,803

23.3

0.22 (0.22–0.23)

1.71 (1.66–1.76)

P < 0.0001

 25–34

28,816

25,178

53,994

39.2

0.53 (0.53–0.54)

6.83 (6.64–7.02)

P < 0.0001

 35–44

4512

31,517

36,029

6.1

0.13 (0.12–0.13)

0.85 (0.82–0.89)

P < 0.0001

 45–54

1536

19,036

20,572

2.1

0.07 (0.07–0.08)

0.48 (0.45–0.51)

P < 0.0001

 55–64

762

9896

10,658

1.0

0.07 (0.07–0.08)

0.46 (0.43–0.50)

P < 0.0001

 65–74

312

5624

5936

0.4

0.05 (0.05–0.06)

0.33 (0.29–0.37)

P < 0.0001

 75+

189

3652

3801

0.3

0.05 (0.04–0.06)

0.31 (0.27–0.36)

P < 0.0001

 Age missing

6817

9.3

  

 Total

73,513

331,873

398,569

100

0.18 (0.18–0.19)