Table 1 Healthcare Utilization by basic demographic and socioeconomic characteristic, SAGE Wave 1, Ghana
Variable | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Healthcare facility | ||
Private | 569 | 10.21 |
Public | 2474 | 44.39 |
Traditional | 123 | 2.21 |
Charity | 202 | 3.62 |
Pharmacy | 713 | 12.79 |
No use of health services in previous 3 years | 1492 | 26.77 |
Education | ||
None | 2806 | 50.35 |
Primary | 1291 | 23.17 |
Secondary | 1287 | 23.09 |
Tertiary | 189 | 3.39 |
Gender | ||
Male | 2824 | 50.67 |
Female | 2749 | 49.33 |
Insurance | ||
No | 3544 | 63.59 |
Yes | 2029 | 36.41 |
Age category | ||
Adult | 2722 | 48.84 |
Elderly | 2851 | 51.16 |
Employment | ||
Public | 469 | 8.42 |
Private | 207 | 3.71 |
Self-employed | 4549 | 81.63 |
Informal employment | 348 | 6.24 |
Health status | ||
Very good | 374 | 6.71 |
Good | 2150 | 38.58 |
Moderate | 2156 | 38.69 |
Bad | 730 | 13.10 |
Very Bad | 163 | 2.92 |
aIncome | ||
Quintile1 | 1081 | 19.40 |
Quintile2 | 1100 | 19.74 |
Quintile3 | 1104 | 19.81 |
Quintile4 | 1127 | 20.22 |
Quintile5 | 1161 | 20.83 |