Table 3 Descriptive statistics of providers’ characteristics: mean (SD)
Total (1) | Seeking healthcare at VCs (2) | Bypassing (3) | Self-medicating (4) | Self-healing (5) | Difference in Mean | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(6) = (2)–(3) | (7) = (2)–(4) | (8) = (2)–(5) | ||||||
Providers’ characteristics | ||||||||
Correct/partially correct medication for the corresponding symptom | 0.501 (0.500) | 0.509 (0.501) | 0.492 (0.502) | 0.501 (0.500) | 0.486 (0.502) | 0.017 | 0.009 | 0.024 |
Full-time formal junior college medical education (yes = 1) | 0.063 (0.244) | 0.075 (0.265) | 0.109 (0.313) | 0.052 (0.223) | 0.064 (0.246) | −0.034 | 0.023 | 0.011 |
Variety of Western medicine in stock | 78.976 (53.826) | 96.488 (60.832) | 68.180 (48.523) | 72.886 (50.366) | 83.286 (50.545) | 28.308*** | 23.602*** | 13.202** |
Distance from VC to THC (km) | 11.944 (8.209) | 12.232 (7.659) | 12.328 (8.501) | 11.615 (8.328) | 13.043 (8.483) | −0.097 | 0.617 | −0.811 |
Availability of a shuttle from the village to the THC (yes = 1) | 0.526 (0.499) | 0.528 (0.500) | 0.508 (0.502) | 0.518 (0.500) | 0.593 (0.493) | 0.020 | 0.011 | −0.065 |
Number of clinicians per 1000 people | 1.097 (0.793) | 1.085 (0.775) | 1.164 (0.987) | 1.099 (0.809) | 1.050 (0.469) | −0.079 | −0.014 | 0.035 |
Referral rate of patients by the VC | 0.088 (0.152) | 0.090 (0.156) | 0.077 (0.139) | 0.092 (0.158) | 0.065 (0.107) | 0.012 | −0.00 | 0.025* |
Number of visits to the VC | 395.920 (579.077) | 443.671 (569.864) | 326.766 (452.189) | 381.603 (588.420) | 428.636 (635.413) | 116.906** | 62.07* | 15.035 |