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Table 3 Demand for and access to acute, chronic and maternal care by wealth quintile

From: Assessing equity of access and affordability of care among South Sudanese refugees and host communities in two districts in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

Outcome

Community

Q1 (poorest)

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5 (wealthiest)

Concentration index

% of householdss with acute sickness in last two weeks

Total

61.3

67.3

73.8

71.3

71.9

0.09 (0.01) , p<0.0001

Refugees

64.0

71.8

76.9

75.0

76.4

0.12 (0.01), p<0.0001

Hosts

58.7

66.7

67.1

65.7

68.1

0.05 (0.02), p=0.0013

% sought care at a health facility (of households with acute sickness)

Total

81.7

91.0

89.6

90.2

93.5

0.07 (0.01), p<0.0001

Refugees

85.1

92.5

87.5

90.3

95.7

0.08 (0.01), p<0.0001

Hosts

77.7

88.8

91.1

89.7

91.3

0.05 (0.01), p<0.0001

% of households with chronically sick member

Total

6.9

9.3

8.7

9.1

13.5

0.11 (0.04) p=0.0030

Refugees

7.7

11.1

6.6

8.0

14.6

0.12 (0.05) p=0.0139

Hosts

8.5

5.8

9.4

10.6

11.5

0.10 (0.05), p=0.0758

% sought care at a health facility (of households with chronic sickness)

Total

65.7

79.2

70.0

75.0

83.6

0.05 (0.02) , p=0.0277

Refugees

61.9

77.1

60.0

71.9

71.0

0.06 (0.04) p=0.1236

Hosts

65.0

78.6

81.8

76.0

96.3

0.06 (0.03), p=0.0661

% delivered a baby in Uganda in last year

Total

24.5

22.6

27.2

20.9

21.7

-0.02 (0.02), p=0.2407

Refugees

17.7

21.2

22.7

18.4

17.9

-0.01 (0.03), p=0.6647

Hosts

31.2

24.2

29.5

29.2

26.4

-0.01 (0.03), p=0.6275

% had at least four ANC visits (of those who delivered a baby in Uganda in last year)

Total

68.6

80.2

69.9

63.7

56.1

-0.02 (0.01), p=0.0239

Refugees

68.8

85.1

65.4

66.0

50.0

-0.03 (0.01) p=0.0156

Hosts

70.3

70.7

72.5

66.7

59.7

-0.02 (0.01), p=0.1215

% delivered in health facility (of those who delivered a baby in Uganda in last year)

Total

80.7

68.1

73.7

71.6

81.6

0.00 (0.01), p=0.9963

Refugees

83.3

70.2

78.9

79.3

90.9

0.02 (0.02), p=0.1863

Hosts

75.7

70.7

78.3

60.9

71.0

-0.02 (0.02), p=0.2685