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Table 4 Health service utilization of children who were admitted at OTP in North Gondar, northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n=389)

From: Time to recovery and determinants of severe acute malnutrition among 6–59 months children treated at outpatient therapeutic programme in North Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a prospective follow up study

Variables

Frequency

Percentage(%)

Types of admission

 New

355

91.26

 Transferred in

24

6.17

 Readmitted

10

2.57

Routine medication

 Amoxicillin

 

67.86

 Folic acid

 

1.03

 Measles

 

24.68

 Albendazol/mebendazol

264

23.39

 Vitamin A supplementary

264

13.62

 Anti-Malarial drugs

4

2.06

96

 

91

 

53

 

8

 

Diarrhea at admission

 Yes

46

11.82

 No

343

88.18

Vomiting at admission

 Yes

12

3.09

 No

377

96.91

Cough at admission

 Yes

10

2.57

 No

379

97.43

Diarrhea during follow up

 Yes

8

2.06

 No

381

97.94

Fever during follow up

 Yes

9

2.31

 No

380

97.69

Vomiting during follow up

 Yes

9

2.3

 No

380

97.7

Cough during follow up

 Yes

25

6.43

 No

364

93.57