Time taken following an acute bleeding symptom to the HTC 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 HTC (aPR 1.39; 95% CI 1.22-1.59). Patients who took immediate other actions on recognition of a sign of an acute bleeding episode were less likely to delay seeking for treatment at the HTC (aPR 0.75; 95% CI 0.66-0.84).