Table 2 Health service utilization among adult Syrian Refugees in Jordan
From: Health service access and utilization among Syrian refugees in Jordan
Overall | By sector | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public | Private | Charity | ||||||
Consultations | % | 95 CI | % | 95 CI | % | 95 CI | % | 95 CI |
Reason for seeking carea | n = 1043 | n = 537 | n = 403 | n = 102 | ||||
Chronic/non-communicable disease | 22 | [19.4,24.8] | 25.7 | [22.1,29.7] | 15.1 | [11.9,19.1] | 29.4 | [21.3,39.0] |
Infection or communicable disease | 21.2 | [18.9,23.7] | 22.5 | [19.1,26.4] | 20.8 | [17.2,25.1] | 15.7 | [9.1,25.8] |
Other | 11.0 | [9.2,13.2] | 10.2 | [7.8,13.4] | 11.9 | [9.2,15.3] | 11.8 | [7.0,19.0] |
Injury | 9.1 | [7.4,11.1] | 9.7 | [7.5,12.4] | 7.9 | [5.6,11.1] | 10.8 | [6.2,18.2] |
Dental care | 8.3 | [6.7,10.3] | 7.1 | [5.1,9.8] | 11.7 | [8.9,15.1] | 2.0 | [0.5,7.7] |
Obstetric/Gynecological | 7.3 | [5.8,9.1] | 5.2 | [3.7,7.4] | 10.4 | [7.8,13.8] | 5.9 | [2.7,12.2] |
Gastrointestinal | 4.9 | [3.6,6.6] | 5.0 | [3.4,7.4] | 5.2 | [3.3,8.0] | 2.9 | [1.0,8.7] |
Joint Pain | 4.6 | [3.4,6.2] | 4.3 | [2.7,6.8] | 4.2 | [2.7,6.5] | 7.8 | [4.2,14.2] |
Renal | 4.2 | [3.1,5.8] | 3.7 | [2.4,5.8] | 4.7 | [2.9,7.5] | 4.9 | [2.1,11.0] |
Skin problem | 3.8 | [2.8,5.2] | 4.1 | [2.7,6.1] | 3.0 | [1.7,5.3] | 5.9 | [2.6,12.6] |
Eye problem | 2.1 | [1.4,3.2] | 0.9 | [0.4,2.2] | 3.7 | [2.2,6.2] | 2.0 | [0.5,7.7] |
Emotional or mental health | 1.4 | [0.8,2.5] | 1.5 | [0.8,2.9] | 1.2 | [0.5,2.9] | 1.0 | [0.1,6.5] |
Statistical significance | Three-way regional comparison p < 0.001 | |||||||
Location of most recent care in Jordana | ||||||||
Government primary health care center | 21.0 | [17.3,25.2] | 40.8 | [34.8,47.0] | -- | -- | ||
Government comprehensive center | 7.6 | [6.0,9.5] | 14.7 | [11.7,18.4] | -- | -- | ||
Pharmacy | 5.4 | [4.0,7.2] | -- | 13.9 | [10.5,18.2] | -- | ||
Private Jordanian clinic or doctor | 22.0 | [19.1,25.1] | -- | 56.8 | [51.3,62.2] | -- | ||
Public hospital | 22.9 | [20.1,26.0] | 44.5 | [39.0,50.2] | -- | -- | ||
Private hospital | 9.3 | [7.5,11.5] | -- | 24.1 | [19.6,29.2] | -- | ||
Syrian doctor | 1.7 | [1.1,2.7] | -- | 4.5 | [2.8,7.1] | -- | ||
Islamic charity | 2.6 | [1.8,3.8] | -- | -- | 26.5 | [18.3,36.6] | ||
Non-religious charity | 7.2 | [5.3,9.6] | -- | -- | 73.5 | [63.4,81.7] | ||
Shop or other | 0.3 | [0.1,0.9] | -- | 0.7 | [0.2,2.3] | -- | ||
Statistical significance | Three-way regional comparison p < 0.001 | |||||||
Medications | n = 1043 | n = 537 | n = 403 | n = 102 | ||||
Prescribed medication during most recent health facility visita | 87.4 | [85.0,89.5] | 85.1 | [81.5,88.1] | 91.6 | [88.5,93.9] | 84.3 | [75.5,90.4] |
Statistical significance | Three-way regional comparison p < 0.008 | |||||||
Able to obtain all medications prescribed during provider visitb | n = 912 | n = 457 | n = 369 | n = 86 | ||||
89.8 | [87.5,91.7] | 86.7 | [82.4,90.0] | 93.8 | [90.5,96.0] | 89.5 | [81.3,94.4] | |
Statistical Significance | Three-way regional comparison p < 0.009 | |||||||
Reason for not obtaining medicationc | n = 93 | n = 61 | n = 23 | n = 9 | ||||
Medication was out of stock (public facility) | 51.6 | [41.6,61.5] | ||||||
Household could not afford the medication | 39.8 | [30.3,50.1] | Insufficient sample sizes for sector comparison | |||||
Did not know where to get the medication | 2.2 | [0.5,8.3] | ||||||
Others | 6.5 | [2.1,13.7] | ||||||