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Table 3 Health service use among respondents within the last 12 months

From: Quality of life and healthcare service utilization among methadone maintenance patients in a mountainous area of Northern Vietnam

Characteristics

Tuyen Quang

Son Duong

Total

p-value

N

%

N

%

N

%

Used inpatient services

20

12.0

1

1.4

21

8.7

0.01

 National Hospital

6

30.0

0

0.0

6

28.6

1.00

 Province Hospital

15

75.0

0

0.0

15

71.4

0.29

 District Hospital

0

0.0

1

100.0

1

4.8

0.04

 Community Health Center

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

-

 Private Clinic

1

5.0

0

0.0

1

4.8

1.00

 Other

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

-

Used outpatient services

8

4.8

28

37.8

36

14.9

<0.01

 National Hospital

2

25.0

4

14.3

6

16.7

0.60

 Province Hospital

0

0.0

5

17.9

5

13.9

0.57

 District Hospital

5

62.5

17

60.7

22

61.1

1.00

 Community Health Center

0

0.0

2

7.1

2

5.6

1.00

 Private Clinic

2

25.0

2

7.1

4

11.1

0.21

 Other

0

0.0

1

3.6

1

2.8

1.00

Initial health facility use when becoming ill

 National Hospital

0

0.0

3

5.2

3

1.4

<0.01

 Province Hospital

101

66.0

7

12.1

108

51.2

 

 District Hospital

9

5.9

27

46.6

36

17.1

 

 Community Health Center

17

11.1

20

34.5

37

17.5

 

 Private Clinic

25

16.3

0

0.0

25

11.9

 

 Self-treatment

1

0.7

1

1.7

2

1.0

 

Receiving ART

28

17.1

25

36.2

53

22.8

<0.01

Duration of MMT (months), mean, SD

16.4

9.2

12.7

6.7

15.3

8.7

0.03