Health Seeking Behaviour and Associated Factors among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in Lay Armachiho District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Study

Table 2

First action taken by pulmonary tuberculosis suspects in Lay Armachiho district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014 ().

Action taken	Number	Percent
Visited health post	152	22.9
Visited health centre	190	28.7
Visited hospital	16	2.4
Visited private clinic	46	6.9
Self-treatment with safe home remedies (tea, honey, etc.)	53	8
Bought drugs without prescription	7	1.1
Taken traditional medicine (herbs)	70	10.6
Went to “Holy Water”	92	13.9
No action taken	37	5.6
Total	663	100