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Table 2 Reasons for shifting from one provider to another

From: Pathways to diabetic care at hospitals in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross sectional study

Reason for moving to next provider

From first to second (n = 295)

From second to third (n = 99)

From third to fourth (n = 32)

From fourth to fifth (n = 15)

1. Better care and treatment

203 (68.8%)

62 (62.6%)

15 (46.9%)

9 (60.0%)

2. High transport costs

60 (20.3%)

28 (28.3%)

6 (18.8%)

2 (13.3%)

3. Treatment being expensive

20 (6.8%)

3 (3.0%)

1 (3.1%)

0 (0.0%)

4. Othersa

12 (4.1%)

13 (13.1%)

10 (31.3%)

4 (26.7%)

  1. a Others included personal reasons like change of job or being near relatives