Health service utilisation patterns among patients with new pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Gurage and Siltie zones, South Ethiopia, June 2017
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Per cent | 95% CI of per cent |
| First place of seeking healthcare | Health facility | 184 | 90.2 | 86.3 to 94.1 |
| Self-medication | 9 | 4.4 | 2.0 to 7.4 | |
| Traditional healers | 5 | 2.4 | 0.5 to 4.8 | |
| Pharmacy or drug store | 6 | 2.9 | 1.0 to 4.9 | |
| Type of first health facility visited | Private owned | 45 | 22.0 | 15.8 to 27.5 |
| Government owned | 145 | 71.1 | 64.2 to 77.4 | |
| Non-governmental organisation (NGO) owned | 14 | 6.9 | 3.5 to 11.3 | |
| Level of first health facility visited | Health post | 3 | 1.5 | 0.05 to 3.4 |
| Clinic | 47 | 23.0 | 17.2 to 29.9 | |
| Health centre | 95 | 46.6 | 39.3 to 52.9 | |
| District/primary hospital | 36 | 17.6 | 13.5 to 23.5 | |
| Zonal hospital | 8 | 3.9 | 1.0 to 6.4 | |
| Regional/specialised hospital | 15 | 7.3 | 3.9 to 10.3 | |
| Distance to first visited health facility (in walking hours) | <1 hour | 75 | 36.8 | 30.4 to 43.6 |
| ≥1 hour | 129 | 63.2 | 56.4 to 69.6 | |
| Type of examination done at first visited health facility | Sputum examination | 112 | 54.9 | 48.1 to 61.8 |
| Chest X-ray | 38 | 18.6 | 13.2 to 24.5 | |
| Others | 30 | 14.7 | 9.9 to 20.1 | |
| Treatment provided at first visited health facility | Antibiotics | 128 | 62.7 | 55.5 to 69.5 |
| Anti-TB | 34 | 16.7 | 9.9 to 22.0 | |
| Unspecified medicine | 24 | 11.8 | 7.4 to 16.2 | |
| Referred | 19 | 9.3 | 5.4 to 13.7 |