From: Viewing health expenditures, payment and coping mechanisms with an equity lens in Nigeria
Variables | A1 N = 191 | A2 N = 213 | A3 N = 162 | E1 N = 214 | E2 N = 203 | E3 N = 159 |
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Illness patterns | ||||||
Had Malaria | 97(51) | 106(50) | 97(60) | 125(58) | 131(65) | 101(64) |
Had Typhoid | 40(21) | 25(12) | 30(19) | 30(14) | 12(6) | 18(11) |
Had Diarrhoea | 4(2) | 3(1) | 7(4) | 4(2) | 0 | 1(1) |
Other | 50(26) | 79(37) | 42(26) | 55(26) | 64(32) | 38(24) |
Where respondents first sought treatment (%) | ||||||
Traditional Healer / Herbalist | 15(8) | 10(5) | 4(3) | 12(6) | 9(4) | 2(1) |
Patent Medicine Dealer/Chemist | 120(63) | 88(41) | 82(51) | 116(54) | 57(28) | 81(51) |
Home Treatment | 3(2) | 4(2) | 14(9) | 9(4) | 3(2) | 5(3) |
Community Health Worker | 1(1) | 2(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 |
Health Centre | 1(1) | 5(3) | 0 | 4(2) | 1(1) | 0 |
Public/General Hospital | 24(13) | 38(18) | 36(22) | 29(14) | 29(14) | 30(19) |
Private Hospital | 26(14) | 58(27) | 24(15) | 52(24) | 47(23) | 37(23) |
Others | 1(1) | 8(4) | 3(2) | 2(1) | 57(28) | 3(2) |
Travel And Treatment Cost (SD) | ||||||
Mean no of minutes to treatment | 25(40) | 27(33) | 27(22) | 39(34) | 21(24) | 27(27) |
Mean cost of Transport to treatment | 63(271) | 100(295) | 107(375) | 127(125) | 44(101) | 82(185) |
Mean drug expenditure | 936(1526) | 2840(4935) | 2377(10124) | 1466(1946) | 3237(19451) | 2260(4956) |
Mean total Treatment expenditure | 1140(1896) | 3527(7711) | 2642(10239) | 2069(4922) | 3758(19600) | 3847(9869) |