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Table 3 Estimated odds ratio for factors influencing health-seeking for acute fever in chemical shops as compared to hospitals

From: Factors influencing choice of care-seeking for acute fever comparing private chemical shops with health centres and hospitals in Ghana: a study using case–control methodology

Factors associated with care-seeking for acute fever

No (%) chemical shop

No (%) hospital

Crude OR

p value [95 % CI]

Adjusted OR

p value

Chemical shop vs hospital

Age less than 5 years

64 (21.3 %)

24 (16 %)

1.42

0.18 [0.85–2.40]

1.65

0.08 [0.94–2.87]

Female gender

147 (49.0 %)

97 (64.7 %)

0.52

0.02 [0.35–0.79]

0.49

0.002 [0.31–0.77]

Patient reported severity

98 (32.7 %)

68 (45.3 %)

0.59

0.009 [0.39–0.87]

0.56

0.016 [0.35–0.90]

Delay to treatment (sought care after 3 days)

83 (27.7 %)

95 (63.3 %)

0.22

<0.001 [0.15–0.34]

0.29

<0.001 [0.18–0.46]

Lives near a hospital

120 (40.0 %)

115 (76.7 %)

0.16

0.877 [0.64–1.69]

0.12

<0.001 [0.06–0.24]

In the poorest two quintiles

110 (36.7 %)

79 (52.7 %)

0.52

<0.001 [0.35–0.77]

0.71

0.15 [0.44–1.14]

Has no post primary education

130 (43.3 %)

86 (57.3 %)

0.57

0.005 [0.38–0.85]

0.32

<0.001 [0.19–0.54]

Slept under an ITN the previous night

95 (31.7 %)

48 (32.0 %)

0.98

0.94 [0.65–1.50]

0.81

0.40 [0.50–1.31]