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)

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Q5052: Vignette 7 (q5052)
File: GhanaINDData

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 14
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Definition

I am now going to read you stories about people's experiences with health care services. I want you to think about these people's experiences as if they were your own. Once I have finished reading each story, I will ask you to rate what happened in the story as very good, good, moderate, bad or very bad.

Questions and instructions

Pre question

[Robert] had a broken arm. The doctor explained different ways of fixing it and then ordered some blood tests. [Robert] didn't know why he needed blood tests and was worried until the doctor explained what they were for.

Literal question

How would you rate [Robert's] experience of being involved in making decisions about his health care or treatment?

Post question

1 Very good
2 Good
3 Moderate
4 Bad
5 Very bad

Categories

Value	Category
1	Very good
2	Good
3	Moderate
4	Bad
5	Very bad
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.