Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Health care provider visited (q7302)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-7

Valid cases: 1603
Invalid: 2335

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which was the last health care provider you visited?
Medical doctor (including gynaecologist, psychiatrist, ophthalmologist, etc.)
- Nurse
- Midwife
- Dentist
- Physiotherapist or chiropractor
- Traditional medicine practitioner
- Other

Post question

After Q7302, substitute the type of health care provider selected by the patient wherever you see [health care provider] in parentheses.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Medical doctor	980	61.1%
2	Nurse	398	24.8%
3	Midwife	92	5.7%
4	Dentist	13	0.8%
5	Physiotherapist or chiropractor	0	0.0%
6	Traditional medicine practitioner	4	0.2%
7	Other	116	7.2%
Sysmiss		2335

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Note that the interviewers should read all the categories of types of providers to the respondent. The category “traditional medicine practitioner” refers to the types of health professionals that are traditionally recognised in that particular society as providing health care or providing information about health care . For example, in South Africa, Sangoma’s are a branch of “traditional” healers that are used by some of the population.
In the cases where a home visit is involved, identify the health care provider who visited the person at home.