Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Quality of service last time at clinic/hospital (C_HCQUALITY)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1390

End: 1391

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1015M .In your opinion, did you receive good service last time you were treated at a clinic or hospital? IF NO, PROBE

YES 1
NO, WAITING TIMES WERE TOO LONG 2
NO, STAFF NOT POLITE 3
NO, DID NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT ILLNESS AND TREATMENT 4
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6

Categories

Value	Category
10	Yes, received good service
20	No, not good service
21	No, waiting times too long
22	No, staff not polite
23	No, did not receive enough information
30	Other
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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.

Description

Definition

HCQUALITY reports the quality of service the woman received, the last time she was treated at a hospital or clinic. Those not receiving good service reported whether the main problem was with waiting times, quality of staff interaction, or lack of information.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Healthcare quality Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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