Definition
For children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIATRML2 indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment from a public regional hospital. This response category is country-specific to Mali.
Some samples in the "DIATR" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.
DIATRML2 is combined with DIATRML1 (Public national hospital) in DIATRPUBHOS (all public hospitals) for the 2012 Mali sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using DIATRML2 are encouraged to review DIATRPUBHOS for a more comprehensive response category.