Table 5 Participants by health insurance status and first contact point in case of health-related issues (n = 1884)
Insurance status | Health insurance card | Medical treatment voucher | No insurance | I do not know | Total | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contact point | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Physician | 1406 (90.0%) | 119 (66.1%) | 47 (41.2%) | 17 (63.0%) | 1589 (84.3%) | < 0.001 |
Hospital | 494 (31.6%) | 61 (33.9%) | 23 (20.2%) | 5 (18.5%) | 583 (30.9%) | 0.027 |
Pharmacy | 352 (22.5%) | 8 (4.4%) | 19 (16.7%) | 2 (7.4%) | 381 (20.2%) | < 0.001 |
African healer | 40 (2.6%) | 2 (1.1%) | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (3.7%) | 44 (2.3%) | 0.422 |
Friends | 92 (5.9%) | 21 (11.7%) | 20 (17.5%) | 5 (18.5%) | 138 (7.3%) | < 0.001 |
I do not knowwhere to go | 3 (0.2%) | 2 (1.1%) | 18 (15.8%) | 3 (11.1%) | 26 (1.4%) | < 0.001 |
Other | 35 (2.2%) | 8 (4.4%) | 16 (14.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 59 (3.1%) | < 0.001 |