Health Care Access Dimensions | Definition | WHS Item and Question Number |
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Affordability | Ability and willingness to pay for health care provider charges | • Health insurance coverage (Q0600) |
• Household SES (Q0700)* | ||
Availability | Presence of health care providers and type of health care facilities | • Number of health care providers (Q7002) |
• Provider Type: Medical Doctor/Others (i.e. nurses, midwives, traditional healers) (Q7302) | ||
• Government/ Non-government facility (Q7301) | ||
Accessibility | Geographic distance and convenience of travel to health care center | • Travel time (Q7307) |
• Travel mode (Q7308) | ||
Accommodation | Perception of adequacy of provider’s operation in terms of skills, supplies or drugs | • Provider skills (Q7304) |
• Equipment (Q7305) | ||
Acceptability | Comfort with provider characteristic; Perception of inferior treatment; | • Provider’s gender (Q7303) |
• Perceived worse treatment based on sex, social class, or ethnic group (Q7328-7334) |