Table 4 Predictors of patients' access to authorized malaria treatment providers within 24 hours in Rufiji and KU
From: Access to artemisinin-based anti-malarial treatment and its related factors in rural Tanzania
Variable | Rufiji | Kilombero-Ulanga | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n/N(%) | Adjusted odds ratio (95%CI) | n/N(%) | Adjusted odds ratio (95%CI) |
Male | 167/442(37.8) | reference | 196/466(42.1) | reference |
Female | 210/582(36.1) | 0.991(0.7-1.3) | 259/622(41.6) | 1.063(0.8-1.4) |
<5 years | 134/328(40.9) | reference | 139/300(46.3) | reference |
≥5 years | 243/696(34.9) | 1.1(0.7-1.5) | 316/788(40.1) | 0.739(0.5-1.1) |
Health facilities | 251/550(45.6) | reference | 216/495(43.6) | reference |
ADDO | 48/91(52.8) | 1.383(0.9-2.2) | 206/409(50.4) | 1.343(1.0-1.8) |
Other private | 31/50(62.0) | 1.886(1.0-3.6) | 28/55(59.9) | 1.510(0.8-2.7) |
Non authorized providers | 47/333(14.1) | 0.230(0.2-0.5) | 5/129(3.9) | 0.090(0.3-0.2) |
Poorest | 64/194(33.0) | reference | 66/176(37.5) | reference |
Less poor | 73/201(36.3) | 1.24(0.8-2.0) | 88/244(36.1) | 0.831(0.5-1.4) |
Middle | 63/192(32.8) | 0.92(0.6-1.4) | 97/196(49.5) | 1.352(0.8-2.3) |
More rich | 79/229(34.5) | 0.987(0.6-1.5) | 88/204(43.1) | 1.041(0.6-1.7) |
Least poor | 98/208(47.1) | 1.669(1.1-2.6) | 116/268(43.2) | 1.112(0.7-1.8) |
Patients themselves | 136/438(31.1) | reference | 189/482(39.2) | reference |
Male caretaker | 43/108(39.8) | 1.417(0.9-2.3) | 65/140(46.4) | 1.066(0.7-1.6) |
Female caretaker | 198/478(41.4) | 1.433(1.0-2.1) | 201/466(43.1) | 1.093(0.8-1.5) |
Low malaria transmission season | 142/406(35.0) | reference | 132/352(37.5) | reference |
High malaria transmission season | 235/618(38.0) | 1.204(0.0.9-1.6) | 323/736(43.9) | 1.345(0.1-1.8) |