Table 5 Health facilities utilization and reasons for seeking or not seeking care at health facilities in slums of Addis Ababa, October 2014–July 2015
Variables | Number (n) | Percentage (%) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Reasons for not seeking care after recognizing acute diarrhea (N = 132)a | |||
 Lack of money | 104 | 78.8 | 70.9–85.0 |
 Long distance to the health facilities | 25 | 18.9 | 13.1–26.6 |
 Illness was not serious | 90 | 68.2 | 59.6–75.6 |
 Mothers/caregivers was busy | 68 | 51.5 | 42.9–60.0 |
 High treatment cost | 24 | 18.2 | 12.4–25.8 |
 New teething | 9 | 6.8 | 3.5–12.7 |
Types of health facilities used (N = 256) | |||
 Government health facilities | 197 | 76.9 | 71.4–81.7 |
 Private health facilities | 46 | 18.0 | 13.7–23.2 |
 Informal health facilities | 13 | 5.1 | 2.9–8.6 |
Types of government health facilities (N = 197) | |||
 Health center | 185 | 93.9 | 89.6–96.5 |
 Hospital | 12 | 6.1 | 3.4–10.4 |
Types of private health facilities (N = 46) | |||
 Clinicsb | 28 | 60.9 | 45.7–74.2 |
 Pharmacies or drug vendors | 12 | 26.1 | 15.1–41.1 |
 Hospital | 6 | 13.0 | 5.8–26.8 |
Reasons for seeking care at government health facilities (N = 197)a | |||
 Low cost of treatment | 173 | 87.8 | 82.4–91.7 |
 Good treatment | 41 | 20.8 | 15.7–27.1 |
 Near to home | 120 | 60.9 | 53.8–67.5 |
 Illness was serious | 83 | 42.1 | 35.4–49.2 |
 Treatment obtained within a short period of time | 40 | 20.3 | 15.2–26.6 |
Reasons for seeking care at private health facilities (N = 46)a | |||
 Good treatment | 40 | 86.9 | 73.2–94.2 |
 Near to home | 23 | 50.0 | 35.4–64.6 |
 Illness was serious | 31 | 67.4 | 52.1–79.7 |
 Treatment obtained within a short period of time | 16 | 34.8 | 22.1–50.0 |
Reasons for seeking care at informal health facilities (N = 13)a | |||
 Low cost of treatment | 10 | 76.9 | 42.8–93.7 |
 Good treatment quality | 7 | 53.8 | 24.8–80.4 |
 Near to home | 8 | 61.5 | 30.5–85.3 |
 Illness was serious | 10 | 76.9 | 42.8–93.7 |
 Treatment obtained within a short period of time | 7 | 53.8 | 24.8–80.5 |