From: Referral of children seeking care at private health facilities in Uganda
Children with pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria seen at the private facilities | Registered drug shops N = 170 | Private clinics N = 59 | Pharmacies N = 12 |
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Proportion of health facilities who reported that they referred sick children in the last 2 weeks | 45.3% (77) | 40.7% (24) | 27 (3) |
Mean number of sick children referred in the last 2 weeks (SD) | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) |
Place where children were referred to | |||
Drug shop | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Private clinic | 5 (6.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Health centre | 43 (55.8) | 11 (45.8) | 1 (33.3) |
Hospital | 28 (33.4) | 13 (54.2) | 2 (66.7) |
Constraints encountered in referring children | |||
Patients don’t comply | 93 (54.7) | 37 (62.7) | 5 (41.7) |
Referral facilities are too far | 27 (15.9) | 10 (17.0) | 1 (8.3) |
Patients don’t have money | 93 (54.7) | 37 (62.7) | 5 (41.7) |
There are no drugs at the referral facility | 35 (20.6) | 17 (28.8) | 1 (8.3) |