Research Article
Sociodemographic Correlates of Choice of Health Care Services in Six Rural Communities in North Central Nigeria
Table 3
Health-seeking preference by disease condition of respondents.
| | Health-seeking preference | Disease condition | Total | | Medical | Surgery | Psychiatry | | freq. (%) | freq. (%) | freq. (%) |
| | Self-medication | 21 (17.5) | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (14.3) | | Patent medical store | 50 (41.7) | 5 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 55 (35.7) | | Traditional/spiritual | 10 (8.3) | 4 (16.0) | 5 (55.6) | 19 (12.3) | | Private | 24 (20.0) | 10 (40.0) | 3 (33.3) | 37 (24.0) | | Public | 15 (12.5) | 5 (20.0) | 1 (11.1) | 21 (13.6) | | Total | 120 (100.0) | 25 (100.0) | 9 (100.0) | 154 (100.0) | | Median out-of-pocket expenditure per illness episode (₦) | 225 (3.90) | 5200 (89.97) | 355 (6.14) | 5780 (100.0) |
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Likelihood Ratio = 29.039; df = 8; value = 0.000.
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