Table 2 Patient characteristics by health facility ownership
Public n = 1,116 (76%) | Private n = 354 (24%) | Total n = 1,470 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 507 | 45.4 | 175 | 49.4 | 682 | 46.4 |
Female | 609 | 54.6 | 179 | 50.6 | 788 | 53.6 |
Age groups | ||||||
Less than 5 | 597 | 53.5 | 104 | 29.4 | 701 | 47.7 |
5 to 14 | 189 | 16.9 | 56 | 15.8 | 245 | 16.7 |
15 + | 330 | 29.6 | 194 | 54.8 | 524 | 35.6 |
Health facility type | ||||||
Dispensary | 713 | 63.9 | 323 | 91.2 | 1036 | 70.5 |
Health centre | 403 | 36.1 | 0 | 0 | 403 | 27.4 |
Hospital | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8.8 | 31 | 2.1 |
Diagnosis mode | ||||||
Laboratory confirmation | 499 | 44.7 | 295 | 83.3 | 794 | 54.0 |
Presumptive | 386 | 34.6 | 36 | 10.2 | 422 | 28.7 |
Missing | 231 | 20.7 | 23 | 6.5 | 254 | 17.3 |
Total number of drugs taken on this visit; mean (95%CI) | 2.2(2.1-2.3) | 2.5(2.4-2.6) | 2.3(2.2-2.3) | |||
Number of drugs taken grouped | ||||||
One | 178 | 16.0 | 42 | 11.9 | 220 | 15.0 |
Two | 558 | 50.0 | 143 | 40.4 | 701 | 47.7 |
Three | 311 | 27.9 | 121 | 34.2 | 432 | 29.4 |
More than three | 59 | 5.3 | 44 | 12.4 | 103 | 7.0 |
Missing | 10 | 0.9 | 4 | 1.1 | 14 | 0.9 |