Treatment-seeking for febrile illness in north-east India: an epidemiological study in the malaria endemic zone

Chaturvedi, Himanshu K; Mahanta, Jagadish; Pandey, Arvind

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-301

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Multinomial logistic regression analysis to estimate the β coefficient and multivariate rate ratios (MRR) for seeking treatment of febrile illness.

From: Treatment-seeking for febrile illness in north-east India: an epidemiological study in the malaria endemic zone

Variables	Health Care Services
	*Initial Choice (Ref. Self-medication)**						Final Choice (Ref.: Private Service#)
	Traditional *Vaidya*		Govt. Service ^$		Private Service ^#		Govt. Service ^$
	Est.(β)	MRR (95%CI)	Est.(β)	MRR(95%CI)	Est.(β)	MRR(95%CI)	Est.(β)	MRR (95%CI)
Location				Residential	Area
Golaghat^a	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0
Tinsukia	0.14d	1.2 (0.9-1.5)	-0.46f	0.6 (0.5-0.8)	0.38e	1.5 (1.02-2.1)	-1.16f	0.3 (0.25-0.4)
Area of living
Town & others^a	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0
Forest	0.38e	1.5 (1.01-2.1)	-0.23d	0.8 (0.6-1.14)	-0.41d	0.7 (0.4-1.1)	0.32d	1.4 (0.99-1.9)
Flood	1.17f	3.2 (2.2-4.8)	0.26d	1.3 (0.9-1.9)	0.02d	1.0 (0.6-1.8)	-0.13d	0.9 (0.6-1.2)
Tea garden	1.72f	5.6 (3.4-9.1)	-0.15d	0.9 (0.5-1.4)	0.33d	1.4 (0.8-2.5)	-0.23d	0.8 (0.6-1.1)
Education of head
Illiterate^a	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0
Literate	0.54f	1.7 (1.3-2.3)	0.32e	1.4 (1.03-1.9)	0.36e	1.4 (1.0-2.1)	-0.47f	0.6 (0.5-0.8)
Occupation
Farmer^a	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0
Service & Self-empl.	0.12d	1.1 (0.8-1.6)	0.86f	2.4 (1.6-3.4)	1.41f	4.1 (2.5-6.7)	-1.15f	0.32 (0.2-0.4)
Others	0.61f	1.8 (1.3-2.6)	0.64f	1.9 (1.3-2.7)	1.22f	3.4 (2.1-5.6)	-0.93f	0.4 (0.3-0.5)
Ethnic group
Assamese	0.41f	1.5 (1.1-2.1)	0.09d	1.1 (0.8-1.5)	-0.12d	0.9 (0.6-1.3)	-0.17d	0.8 (0.6-1.1)
Tea tribes of Assam	1.22f	3.4 (2.1-5.5)	0.13d	1.1 (0.7-1.9)	0.94f	2.6 (1.4-4.7)	-1.59f	0.2 (0.14-0.3)
Others^a(outsider)	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0
Household Income
≤ 2000(INR)	0.28d	1.3 (0.9-2.0)	0.61f	1.8 (1.2-2.8)	0.02d	1.0 (0.6-1.7)	1.08f	2.9 (2.1-4.2)
2001--4000	-0.03d	1.0 (0.6-1.5)	0.32d	1.4 (0.9-2.1)	-0.10d	0.9 (0.5-1.5)	0.69f	2.0 (1.4-2.8)
4001 +^a	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0
Gender of Patients
Male	0.10d	1.1 (0.8-1.5)	0.04d	1.1 (0.8-1.4)	-0.13d	0.9 (0.6-1.2)	0.07d	1.1 (0.9-1.3)
Female^a	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0
Age of Patients
≤ 10(in Years)	0.43f	1.5 (1.1-2.2)	0.27d	1.3 (0.9-1.8)	0.62f	1.9 (1.2-2.8)	-0.32d	0.7 (0.6-1.0)
11 -- 30	0.38e	1.5 (1.1-2.0)	-0.04d	1.0 (0.7-1.3)	0.16d	1.2 (0.8-1.8)	-0.22d	0.8 (0.6-1.1)
31+ ^a		1.0		1.0		1.0		1.0
Distance of Health Center
< 5 Km^a.	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	1.0
≥ 5 Km.	0.35e	1.4 (1.01 --1.9)	0.16d	1.2 (0.9-1.6)	-0.24d	0.8 (0.5-1.2)	0.48f	1.6 (1.2-2.1)

β:Regression Coefficient; MRR: Multivariate Rate Ratios; CI: 95% Confidence Interval; d: P > 0.05 (not significant); e: P < 0.05; f: P < 0.01; ^aReference category.

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