<p>Time taken following an acute bleeding symptom to the treatment centres ranged between 1 and 65 hours with a median of 9 hours. Patients were more likely to delay seeking treatment for acute bleeding episodes if they used public means of transport to the treatment centres(aPR 1.39; 95% CI 1.22-1.59). Patients who took immediate actions on recognition of a sign of an acute bleeding episode were less likely to delay seeking for treatment at the treatment centres (aPR 0.75; 95% CI 0.66-0.84).</p>