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Table 6 Reported travel and waiting time for cholera treatment

From: Cost of illness for cholera in a high risk urban area in Bangladesh: an analysis from household perspective

Facility

Number of visit1

Average time spent (minute)

Travel time

Waiting time

Total time

Local pharmacy

291

11.6

1.5

13.1

Local MBBS physicians

25

25.1

13.2

38.3

icddr,b Mirpur hospital

266

48.4

4.3

52.7

icddr,b Dhaka hospital

137

80

4

84

Private clinics (ten other health facilities)2

33

56

16

72

Traditional practitioner

4

12.3

0

12.3

Other private clinic3

10

27.3

34

61.3

  1. 1)Multiple visits applied; 2)Patients frequently visit these hospitals; 3)Located outside ICVB surveillance area.