Service Delivery Indicators Health Survey 2013 - Harmonized Public Use Data

Uganda, 2013

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Reference ID

UGA_2013_SDI-H_v01_M_v02_A_PUF

Producer(s)

Waly Wane

Metadata

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Jan 18, 2017

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Mothers - Magnesium sulphate inj. available (magsulf_a)

Data file: sdi_uganda_2013_module1_anonymized.dta

Overview

Valid: 401

Invalid: 2

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 194

End: 194

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Ask to be shown the main location in the facility where medicines and other supplies are stored. Find the person most knowledgeable about storage and management of medicines and supplies in the facility (usually the pharmacist/pharmacy technician). INTRODUCE YOURSELF, EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY AND ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. The existence of the stock of drugs and vaccines has to be verified through direct observation.
Observe

Literal question

Essential Medications for mothers

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	At least one observed (not expired)	79	19.7%
2	At least one observed (all expired)	6	1.5%
3	Available but not observed (not expired)	2	0.5%
4	Not available today	31	7.7%
5	Never available	143	35.7%
6	Not recommended at given facility level	140	34.9%
Sysmiss		2

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

Enumerator read to the Pharmacist/Pharmacy Technician: I would like to know if the following medicines are available today in this facility. I would also like to observe the medicines that are available. If any of the medicines I mention is stored in another location in the facility, please tell me where in the facility it is stored so I can go there to verify.

Question post text

Not available today = 4>next item
Never available = 5>next item
Not recommended at this level = 6>next item
PROBE FURTHER IF RESPONSE IS “NOT AVAILABLE TODAY”

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