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Table 3 Number of times health providers were chosen seeking treatment for diabetic symptoms

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

Provider

First place N = 496 (%)

Second place N = 295 (%)

Third place N = 99 (%)

Fourth place N = 32 (%)

Fifth place N = 15 (%)

Hospital

Total

248 (50.0)

224 (75.9)

78 (78.8)

24 (75.0)

13 (86.7)

Female

122 (48.6)

124 (76.5)

48 (82.8)

13 (72.2)

8 (100)

Male

126 (51.4)

100 (75.2)

30 (73.2)

11 (78.6)

5 (71.4)

Health Centre

Total

73 (14.7)

27 (9.2)

10 (10.1)

5 (15.6)

2 (13.3)

Female

32 (12.7)

12 (7.4)

5 (8.6)

3 (16.7)

0 (0.0)

Male

41 (16.7)

15 (11.3)

5 (12.3)

2 14.3)

2 (28.6)

Private clinic

Total

104 (21.0)

40 (13.6)

10 (10.1)

3 (9.4)

0 (0.0)

Female

55 (21.9)

25 (15.4)

5 (8.6)

2 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

Male

49 (20.0)

15 (11.3)

5 (12.3)

1 (7.1)

0 (0.0)

Herbalist

Total

6 (1.2)

4 (1.4)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Female

3 (1.2)

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Male

3 (1.2)

3 (2.3)

1 (2.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Drug shop

Total

44 (8.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Female

22 (8.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Male

22 (9.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Neighbour

Total

15 (3.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Female

13 (5.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Male

2 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

CHW

Total

3 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Female

3 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Male

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Other

Total

3 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Female

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Male

2 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)