Table 1

Demographics and visit characteristics by responsiveness index quintile

Quintile of responsiveness index (RI)
Lowest RI quintile (n=549)Highest RI quintile (n=404)Total (N=1946)
n%n%n%
Respondent characteristics
Age (n=1946)
 15–2416329.710325.455028.3
 25–3421539.215337.773837.9
 35–4917131.114936.965833.8
Primary or lower schooling (n=1946)22540.913132.567734.8
Income (n=1946)
 Bottom two wealth quintiles23442.617743.777439.8
Neighbourhood (n=1946)
 Urban26648.419047.097149.9
 Rural28351.621453.097550.1
Region of residence (n=1946)
 Ashanti5810.611628.740020.6
 Brong Ahafo427.6297.11105.7
 Central173.210125.11789.1
 Eastern11220.3204.922911.8
 Greater Accra9417.14811.829114.9
 Northern346.24811.920210.4
 Upper East6611.930.81336.8
 Upper West397.100723.7
 Volta336.0256.21236.3
 Western5510.0143.520710.7
Very easy to get care if needed tomorrow (n=1941)30455.434486.6136471.0
Always see same provider (n=1943)11721.310024.743822.6
Visit characteristics
Facility type (n=1912)
 Community-based health planning and services5810.66115.421011.0
 Government hospital/polyclinic24244.316341.077740.6
 Government health centre16129.66015.146424.2
 Private hospital/clinic6511.98922.435318.5
 Other193.6246.01085.7
Reason for seeking care* (n=1946)
 Preventive13724.912931.853327.4
 Chronic213.951.3663.4
 Acute39171.227066.9134769.2
Seeking care for self only (n=1946)29052.921152.3105454.2
Seeking care for others only (n=1946)17431.711728.959930.8
Seeking care for self and others (n=1946)8515.47618.829315.1
  • Counts and percentages weighted to account for survey sampling design (unweighted n=2018).

  • *Acute: any fever, sick, snake bite, injury, worried about a new symptom, community health worker instructed to go, any eye issue, abdominal pain or respiratory problem. Chronic: nothing classified as acute, and blood pressure, HIV or diabetes. Preventive: nothing classified as acute or chronic, and check-up, family planning, maternal care, vaccination or other.