Patients’ satisfaction towards radiological service and associated factors in Hawassa University Teaching and referral hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Table 5 Cost and waiting time for radiological service of patients in Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital, June 2016

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Total amount of money paid for radiological services in Ethiopian birr.	≤75	238	76.8
	76–200	35	11.3
	>200	37	11.9
How do you rate the amount of money paid for radiological service?	Very cheap	69	22.3
	Cheap	134	43.2
	Fair	77	24.8
	Expensive	7	2.3
	Very expensive	23	7.4
Total length of stay in the HUTRH to get radiological service in hour	<6 h	83	26.8
	6–12 h	42	13.5
	>12 h	185	59.7
Time taken to get entered into examination room.	<15 min	55	17.7
	<30 min	111	35.8
	30 min- 1 h	92	29.7
	>2 h	52	16.8
How much time takes you to get the result/report of radiological service?	Less than 15 min	29	9.4
	Less than 30 min	55	17.7
	Less than 1 h	41	13.2
	2 h to 5 h	85	27.4
	Less than 1 day	68	21.9
	Greater than 2 day	32	10.3
How do you rate length of stay in radiology department?	Very long	60	19.4
	Long	172	55.5
	Short	76	24.5
	Very short	2	0.6
Are you appointed to get radiological services?	Yes	115	37.1
	No	195	62.9
For which service you are appointed?	Conventional x-ray	30	26.1
	Ultrasound	78	67.8
	CT-scan	7	6.1
For how many days you are appointed?	Less than1day	19	16.5
	Less than 3 days	18	15.7
	Lessthan1week	31	27
	Lessthan2weeks	39	33.9
	Lessthan3weeks	7	6.1
	Greaterthan1month	1	0.9

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