Table 4.

Patients’ perception of availability and utilisation of ear care services prior to attending the Children's Surgical Centre^*

Type of provider	Service availability in participant's home district (n (%))	Service utilisation prior to Children's Surgical Centre (n (%))
Pharmacy	79 (70)	65 (58)
Private hospital/health centre	40 (35)	53 (47)
Government hospital/health centre	34 (30)	32 (28)
Specialist ear doctor	3 (3)	8 (7)
Traditional healer	5 (4)	5 (4)
No health service	13 (12)	13 (12)

^*n = 113. Values taken from questionnaire