Modern Health Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Adults in Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Health service utilization of Wolaita Sodo residents attending health care utilization survey at Wolaita zone, July 2019 (N = 768).

Variable		Frequency (768)	Percentage
Visited last year	Yes	593	77.2
	No	175	22.8
Number of times per year visited (593)	Once	201	33.9
	Twice	130	21.92
	Three times	75	12.65
	Many	171	28.84
	Do not know	16	2.7
Reason for health utilization (593)	For child health	98	16.12
	For delivery	20	3.29
	For general health checkup	28	4.61
	For cold medical conditions (OPD)	241	39.64
	Maternal and child health (MCH)	88	14.47
	Others	23	3.78
	Chronic diseases follow-up	70	11.51
	For emergency condition	23	3.78
Type of facility utilized (593)	Nongovernmental organizations (NGO)	2	0.34
	Private clinic/hospital	139	23.48
	Public health center	300	50.68
	Wolaita Sodo University Teaching and Referral Hospital	151	25.51
Source of referral for TRH (151)	Referred from another facility	15	9.93
	Self-referral	136	90.07
Satisfaction rate for utilized (593)	Very dissatisfied	17	2.87
	Dissatisfied	86	14.5
	Satisfied	305	51.43
	Very satisfied	185	31.2