World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collections

Health

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Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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source of care (q6809)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 157

Invalid: 3781

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1997

End: 2000

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Where did you first receive care?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	On-site, ambulance	9	5.7%
2	Hospital	57	36.3%
3	Outpatient facility	29	18.5%
4	Private physician	20	12.7%
5	Traditional healer	14	8.9%
6	Other	28	17.8%
Sysmiss		3781

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

READ CHOICES
If care received from ambulance, hospital or outpatient facility, ask if it was government operated or private.

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