{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["26(8)"],"submitter":["Treleaven E"],"funding":["Johnson and Johnson Foundation","CRI Foundation"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>To identify social and structural barriers to timely utilisation of qualified providers among children under five years in a high-mortality setting, rural Mali and to analyse how utilisation varies by symptom manifestation.<h4>Methods</h4>Using baseline household survey data from a cluster-randomised trial, we assessed symptom patterns and healthcare trajectories of 5117 children whose mothers reported fever, diarrhoea, bloody stools, cough and/or fast breathing in the preceding two weeks. We examine associations between socio-demographic factors, symptoms and utilisation outcomes in mixed-effect logistic regressions.<h4>Results</h4>Almost half of recently ill children reported multiple symptoms (46.2%). Over half (55.9%) received any treatment, while less than one-quart"],"journal":["Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH"],"pagination":["943-952"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9291065"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Relationship between symptoms, barriers to care and healthcare utilisation among children under five in rural Mali."],"pmcid":["PMC9291065"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu J","Traore MB","Treleaven E","Padian N","Cole F","Lin TK","Sanogo V","Diakite D","Boettiger D","Cissouma S","Johnson A","Kayentao K","Whidden C","Sidibe S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Relationship between symptoms, barriers to care and healthcare utilisation among children under five in rural Mali.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>To identify social and structural barriers to timely utilisation of qualified providers among children under five years in a high-mortality setting, rural Mali and to analyse how utilisation varies by symptom manifestation.<h4>Methods</h4>Using baseline household survey data from a cluster-randomised trial, we assessed symptom patterns and healthcare trajectories of 5117 children whose mothers reported fever, diarrhoea, bloody stools, cough and/or fast breathing in the preceding two weeks. We examine associations between socio-demographic factors, symptoms and utilisation outcomes in mixed-effect logistic regressions.<h4>Results</h4>Almost half of recently ill children reported multiple symptoms (46.2%). Over half (55.9%) received any treatment, while less than one-quart","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Aug","modification":"2025-04-29T10:39:27.767Z","creation":"2025-02-19T02:43:36.702Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9291065","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33866656"],"doi":["10.1111/tmi.13592"]}}