Table 2 |
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Duration of illness for which the child was seeking medical services (%) |
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| Duration of illness |
All sites (n = 305) |
KNHa (n = 110) |
Embu (n = 24) |
Kiambu (n = 63) |
Kikuyua (n = 14) |
Kajiado (n = 25) |
Kibera (n = 23) |
Makindu (n = 25) |
Naivasha (n = 11) |
Magadi (n = 10) |
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| 1 to 6 days |
30.2 |
13.6 |
20.8 |
50.8 |
28.6 |
24.0 |
60.9 |
36.0 |
27.3 |
40.0 |
| 1 to 3 weeks |
23.9 |
19.1 |
58.3 |
31.7 |
14.3 |
20.0 |
13.0 |
12.0 |
18.2 |
30.0 |
| 1 to 3 months |
15.7 |
17.3 |
12.5 |
9.5 |
14.3 |
24.0 |
17.4 |
24.0 |
18.2 |
0 |
| 4 to 6 months |
4.9 |
8.2 |
0 |
1.6 |
0 |
8.0 |
0 |
4.0 |
18.2 |
0 |
| 7 to 9 months |
3.0 |
4.5 |
0 |
3.2 |
0 |
4.0 |
0 |
4.0 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 to 11 months |
0.7 |
0 |
4.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
| ≥ 1 year |
21.6 |
37.3 |
4.2 |
1.6 |
42.8 |
20.1 |
8.7 |
20.0 |
18.2 |
20.0 |
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aKNH takes referrals for complicated cases from across the nation, while Kikuyu also has referrals for eye problems from across the country. KNH = Kenyatta National Hospital. | ||||||||||
Ndetei et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2009 8:25 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-8-25 |
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