Table 3 Medical care seeking behavior of adult and children with influenza like illness
2014 Summer | 2015 Winter | p-valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | ||
Adults | |||||
Sought medical careb | 47 | 94 | |||
Private | |||||
A&E | 6 | 12.8 | 15 | 16.0 | 0.432 |
Western clinic | 27 | 57.4 | 66 | 70.2 | 0.087 |
TCM | 15 | 31.9 | 23 | 24.5 | 0.660 |
Hospitalization | 2 | 4.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.169 |
Public | |||||
A&E | 3 | 6.4 | 5 | 5.3 | 1.000 |
Western clinic | 15 | 31.9 | 17 | 18.1 | 0.197 |
TCM | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.533 |
Hospitalization | 2 | 4.3 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.000 |
Children | |||||
Sought medical care b | 24 | 41 | |||
Private | |||||
A&E | 6 | 25.0 | 10 | 24.4 | 0.752 |
Western clinic | 12 | 50.0 | 33 | 80.5 | 0.014 |
TCM | 3 | 12.5 | 7 | 17.1 | 0.523 |
Hospitalization | 4 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.008 |
Public | |||||
A&E | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9.8 | 0.143 |
Western clinics | 8 | 33.3 | 2 | 4.9 | 0.016 |
TCM | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | NA |
Hospitalization | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | NA |