Research Article
Relationship between Health Insurance Status and the Pattern of Traditional Medicine Utilisation in Ghana
Table 3
Selected survey questions regarding TRM use by health insurance status.
| | | Health insurance status | value | | | Insured | Uninsured | Total | | | | (%) | | (%) | | (%) |
| | Sources of TRM | | | | | | | | | Consult TMP | 58 | (25.0) | 12 | (13.0) | 70 | (21.6) | <0.001 | | Self-administered | 105 | (45.3) | 50 | (54.3) | 155 | (47.8) | <0.001 | | Pharmacy shop | 48 | (20.7) | 22 | (23.9) | 70 | (21.6) | 0.024 | | Open markets | 21 | (9.1) | 8 | (8.7) | 29 | (9.0) | 0.033 | | Frequency of TRM use | | | | | | | | | None | 34 | (14.7) | 11 | (12.0) | 45 | (13.9) | — | | Once | 36 | (15.5) | 22 | (23.9) | 58 | (17.9) | 0.066 | | Two times | 62 | (26.7) | 24 | (26.1) | 86 | (26.5) | <0.001 | | ≥ three times | 100 | (43.1) | 35 | (38.0) | 135 | (41.7) | <0.001 | | Co-TRM use with orthodox medicine | | | | | | | | | Yes | 65 | (32.8) | 21 | (26.3) | 86 | (30.9) | <0.001 | | No | 133 | (67.2) | 59 | (73.8) | 192 | (69.1) | <0.001 | | Disclosure of TRM to health care professionals | | | | | | | | | Yes | 21 | (10.6) | 13 | (16.0) | 34 | (12.2) | 0.170 | | No | 177 | (89.4) | 68 | (84.0) | 245 | (87.8) | <0.001 | | Endorsing full integration of TRM into health system | | | | | | | | | Yes | 210 | (90.5) | 79 | (85.9) | 289 | (89.2) | 0.224 | | No | 22 | (9.5) | 13 | (14.1) | 35 | (10.8) |
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