Trends and Factors Associated with Healthcare Utilization for Childhood Diarrhea and Fever in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of the Demographic and Health Surveys from 2000 to 2016

Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Berhanu Teshome Woldeamanuel

Abstract

Healthcare use for childhood illness reduces the risk of under-five deaths from common preventable diseases. However, rates of healthcare seeking for childhood diarrhea and fever remain low in most low- and middle-income countries including Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess the trends and factors for healthcare diarrhea and fever in Ethiopia from 2000 to 2016. Analysis of healthcare use for diarrhea and fever trends was done using data from four Ethiopian Demographic Health Surveys. Descriptive statistics were used to report sample characteristics and healthcare use for diarrhea and fever trends, and chi-square tests were used to assess associations between independent variables and healthcare utilization in each survey. Binary logistic regression analysis was fitted to find the factors related to healthcare utilization for diarrhea and fever. All variables with odds ratio p values <0.05 were considered as significant determinants of the outcome. Healthcare seeking for diarrheal illness significantly increased from 13% (95% CI: 12.5-13.5) in 2000 to 44% (95% CI: 43.2-44.78) in 2016, while healthcare uses for fever significantly increased from 22% (95% CI: 16.7-27.3) in 2000 to 35% (95% CI: 34.3-35.7) in 2016. Factors of heal...Continue Reading

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