Ghana - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

Reference ID

GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Professor R. Biritwum - Department of Community Health, Ghana Medical School

Sponsor(s)

US National Institute on Aging - NIA - Financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182)

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Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Q5029: Provider (q5029)
File: GhanaINDData

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 23
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which was the last (most recent) health care provider you visited?

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1 Medical doctor (including surgeon, gynecologist, psychiatrist, ophthalmologist,…)
2 Nurse/Midwife
3 Dentist
4 Physiotherapist or chiropractor
5 Traditional medicine practitioner (use local name)
6 Pharmacist, druggist
7 Home health care worker
8 Don't know

Categories

Value	Category
1	Medical doctor
2	Nurse/midwife
3	Dentist
4	Physiotherapist
5	Traditional healer
6	Pharmacist
7	Home health care worker
8	Don't know
9	Not applicable

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

Interviewer:
After Q5029 substitute the type of health care provider selected by the patient when you see [health care provider] in parentheses