World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0
Ghana, 2003
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Feb 13, 2013
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Health care provider visited (q7302)
Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5
Overview
Valid:
1603
Invalid:
2335
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Start:
2284
End:
2287
Width:
4
Range:
1 - 7
Format:
Numeric
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
Medical doctor (including gynaecologist, psychiatrist, ophthalmologist, etc.)
- Nurse
- Midwife
- Dentist
- Physiotherapist or chiropractor
- Traditional medicine practitioner
- Other
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%
|
| 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.
In the cases where a home visit is involved, identify the health care provider who visited the person at home.
Question post text
After Q7302, substitute the type of health care provider selected by the patient wherever you see [health care provider] in parentheses.