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Table 4 Time from symptom onset to seeking first treatment in relation to care providers and age groups, Adami Tulu district, 2003

From: Treatment-seeking behaviour for febrile illness in an area of seasonal malaria transmission in rural Ethiopia

 

No. of days between onset of symptom and seeking first treatment

Total

 

≤1 day, n (%)

2 days, n (%)

≥3 days, n (%)

 

Care provider a

    

   Public health facilityb

36 (9)

148 (37)

219 (54)

403

   Private clinic

35 (12)

109 (37)

150 (51)

294

   CHWc

82 (14)

254 (44)

245 (42)

581

   Home treatment

17 (36)

17 (36)

13 (28)

47

Age group a

    

   <5 years

29 (13)

93 (41)

103 (46)

225

   5–14 years

54 ((12)

172 (39)

220 (49)

446

   ≥15 years

87 (13)

263 (40)

304 (47)

654

All

170 (13)

528 (40)

627 (47)

1325

  1. a Initial visits to drug shops or traditional healers excluded from analysis due to small number (n = 23).
  2. b Health post, health station, health center, malaria control laboratory, and hospital.
  3. c Community Health Worker.