Impact of imprecise household location on effective coverage estimates generated through linking household and health provider data by geographic proximity: a simulation study

Table 1 Characteristics of reported child illness and care-seeking events, by stratum

	Rural			Urban
	n 547	%	CI	n 537	%	CI
Proportion of children with at least one DHS illness	199	36.4	[32.4–40.5]	186	34.6	[30.7–38.8]
Reported Child Illness	199			186
Diarrhea	23	11.6	[7.8–16.8]	50	26.9	[21.0–33.7]
Fever	117	58.8	[51.8–65.4]	85	45.7	[38.7–52.9]
ARI^a	6	3	[1.4–6.6]	3	1.6	[0.5–4.9]
Diarrhea and Fever	28	14.1	[9.9–19.6]	35	18.8	[13.8–25.1]
Diarrhea and ARI	3	1.5	[0.5–4.6]	0	0	–
Fever and ARI	17	8.5	[5.4–13.3]	10	5.4	[2.9–9.7]
Diarrhea, Fever and ARI	5	2.5	[1.0–5.9]	3	1.6	[0.5–4.9]
Proportion of illnesses for which mother reported seeking care from:	199			186
Any provider	157	78.9	[72.7–84.0]	124	66.7	[59.6–73.1]
Skilled provider^b	151	75.9	[69.5–81.3]	116	62.4	[55.2–69.0]
> 1 provider	9	4.5	[2.4–8.5]	5	2.7	[1.1–6.3]
Proportion of children that sought care from category of provider^c3:	199			186
Govt hospital	0	0	–	5	2.7	[0.9–6.2]
Govt health center/post	122	61.3	[54.2–68.1]	111	59.7	[52.3–66.8]
Govt CBA/fieldworker	36	18.1	[13.0–24.2]	1	0.5	[0.0–3.0]
Pvt hospital/clinic	0	0	–	1	0.5	[0.0–3.0]
Pharmacy	1	0.5	[0.0–2.8]	2	1.1	[0.1–3.8]
Shop/market	2	1	[0.1–3.6]	9	4.8	[2.2–9.0]
Traditional/faith-based practitioner	5	2.5	[0.8–5.8]	0	0	–

^aARI defined as cough with chest-related difficulty breathing
^bSkilled providers included government and private health facilities and government CBAs
^cCalculated among all sick children—some children taken to multiple sources of care

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