From: Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia
Type of bypassing | Definition |
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Primary care bypassing | Using a facility other than a health centre or health post for non-emergency care |
Horizontal bypassing | Using a distant facility rather than a nearby facility for non-emergency care; nearby facilities include those spatially closest as well as those listed by respondents as the main facility their neighborhood belonged to |
Two-level bypassing | Using a teaching hospital (Level 3) for non-emergency care |