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Table 5 Characteristics of outpatients under 5 years of age at provincial hospital (PH) and district hospitals (DH)

From: Antibiotic prescription for under-fives with common cold or upper respiratory tract infection in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

Characteristics

PH

DH

Total

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Total

154 (100)

422 (100)

576 (100)

Boys

74 (48.1)

237 (56.2)

311 (54.0)

Girls

80 (51.9)

185 (43.8)

265 (46.0)

Age group

 0 year

29 (18.8)

98 (23.2)

127 (22.0)

 1 year

31 (20.1)

114 (27.0)

145 (25.2)

 2 years

42 (27.3)

93 (22.0)

135 (23.4)

 3 years

34 (22.1)

64 (15.2)

98 (17.0)

 4 years

18 (11.7)

53 (12.6)

71 (12.3)

Health insurances status

 Covered by health insurance

90 (58.4)

259 (61.4)

349 (60.6)

  SASS*

22 (14.3)

24 (5.7)

46 (8.0)

  SSO**

31 (20.1)

14 (3.3)

45 (7.8)

  CBHI**

37 (24.0)

201 (47.6)

238 (41.3)

  HEF*

0 (0.0)

21 (5.0)

21 (3.6)

 Not covered by health insurance

64 (41.6)

163 (38.6)

227 (39.4)

Symptomatic of outpatient

 Common cold

48 (31.2)

116 (27.5)

164 (28.5)

 Pharyngitis

92 (59.7)

26 (62.3)

355 (61.6)

 Otitis media

0 (0.0)

7 (1.7)

7 (1.2)

 Tonsilitis/amygdalite

14 (9.1)

36 (8.5)

50 (8.7)

  1. SASS state authority for social security, SSO social security organization, CBHI community-based health insurance, HEF health equity fund
  2. *p < 0.01
  3. **p < 0.001 between PH and DH