World Health Survey 2003

Sri Lanka, 2003

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Reference ID

LKA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Health care provider visited (q7302)

Data file: WHS-SriLanka_F5

Overview

Valid: 2368

Invalid: 4364

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 2250

End: 2253

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which was the last health care provider you visited?
Medical doctor (including gynaecologist, psychiatrist, ophthalmologist, etc.)
- Nurse
- Midwife
- Dentist
- Physiotherapist or chiropractor
- Traditional medicine practitioner
- Other

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Medical doctor	2086	88.1%
2	Nurse	7	0.3%
3	Midwife	3	0.1%
4	Dentist	81	3.4%
5	Physiotherapist or chiropractor	14	0.6%
6	Traditional medicine practitioner	70	3%
7	Other	107	4.5%
Sysmiss		4364

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

Note that the interviewers should read all the categories of types of providers to the respondent. The category “traditional medicine practitioner” refers to the types of health professionals that are traditionally recognised in that particular society as providing health care or providing information about health care . For example, in South Africa, Sangoma’s are a branch of “traditional” healers that are used by some of the population.
In the cases where a home visit is involved, identify the health care provider who visited the person at home.

Question post text

After Q7302, substitute the type of health care provider selected by the patient wherever you see [health care provider] in parentheses.

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