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Table 2 Choice of providers for recent fever, previous fever and previous RDT testing

From: Choice of health providers and health-seeking behaviour among forest goer population in Myanmar: findings from a cross-sectional household survey

 

   Recent fever (N = 222)

Previous fever

Fever in village (N = 319)

Fever in forest (N = 316)

RDT in village (N = 286)

RDT in forest (N = 280)

Provider Types

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Within village

139

62.6

242

75.9

237

75.0

233

81.5

232

82.9

 Public facility

13

5.9

8

2.5

8

2.5

10

3.5

10

3.6

 Public basic health staff

21

9.5

32

10.0

31

9.8

29

10.1

28

10.0

 Private facility

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

 Semi-private providers

19

8.6

22

6.9

27

8.5

3

1.0

2

0.7

 Pharmacy

5

2.3

11

3.4

4

1.3

4

1.4

2

0.7

 Community health volunteer or worker

81

36.5

169

53.0

167

52.8

187

65.4

190

67.9

Outside Village

83

37.4

77

24.1

79

25.0

53

18.5

48

17.1

 Public facility

16

7.2

1

0.3

1

0.3

5

1.7

3

1.1

 Public basic health staff

15

6.8

26

8.2

23

7.3

14

4.9

13

4.6

 Private facility

26

11.7

30

9.4

34

10.8

22

7.7

19

6.8

 Semi-private providers

2

0.9

6

1.9

7

2.2

6

2.1

7

2.5

 Pharmacy

11

5.0

1

0.3

1

0.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

 Community health volunteer or worker

13

5.9

13

4.1

13

4.1

6

2.1

6

2.1

  1. The bold values are the number and % providers that are located inside the village and those outside the village