Table 2 Disease specific preference for various healthcare providers
From: Are 'Village Doctors' in Bangladesh a curse or a blessing?
Disease (n = 360) | Type of health care provider | % (n) |
|---|---|---|
Cold/Fever | Village Doctors | 77.0 (194) |
| Â | Home remedy | 24.6 (62) |
| Â | Homeopathic doctors | 8.7 (22) |
| Â | MBBS | 8.3 (21) |
| Â | Paramedics/SACMO | 5.2 (13) |
| Â | Kabiraj(traditional healer) | 0.4 (1) |
| Â | Pir/Fakir(spiritual healer) | 0 (0) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases | Home remedy | 56.7 (17) |
| Â | Village Doctors | 53.3 (16) |
| Â | MBBS | 16.7 (5) |
| Â | Homeopathic doctors | 13.3 (4) |
| Â | Paramedics/SACMO | 3.3 (1) |
| Â | Pir/Fakir (spiritual healer) | 3.3 (1) |
| Â | Kabiraj (traditional healer) | 0 (0) |
Gastro intestinal diseases | Village Doctors | 63.3 (19) |
| Â | Homeopathic doctors | 20 (6) |
| Â | MBBS | 16.7 (5) |
| Â | Home remedy | 10 (3) |
| Â | Paramedics/SACMO | 3.3 (1) |
| Â | Kabiraj (traditional healer) | 3.3 (1) |
| Â | Pir/Fakir(spiritual healer) | 3.3 (1) |
Neurological diseases | Village Doctors | 68.8 (11) |
| Â | Home remedy | 31.3 (5) |
| Â | MBBS | 25 (4) |
| Â | Paramedics/SACMO | 6.3 (1) |
| Â | Pir/Fakir(spiritual healer) | 6.3 (1) |
| Â | Homeopathic doctors | 0 (0) |
| Â | Kabiraj(traditional healer) | 0 (0) |
Respiratory tract diseases | Village Doctors | 59.3 (16) |
| Â | Home remedy | 29.6 (8) |
| Â | MBBS | 25.9 (7) |
| Â | Homeopathic doctors | 7.4 (2) |
| Â | Paramedics/SACMO | 7.4 (2) |
| Â | Pir/Fakir (spiritual healer) | 3.7 (1) |
| Â | Kabiraj(traditional healer) | 0 (0) |
Diarrhoeal diseases | Home remedy | 57.1 (12) |
| Â | Village Doctors | 47.6 (10) |
| Â | MBBS | 14.3 (3) |
| Â | Homeopathic doctors | 4.8 (1) |
| Â | Paramedics/SACMO | 4.8 (1) |
| Â | Kabiraj (traditional healer) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Pir/Fakir(spiritual healer) | 0 (0) |