Table 1.
Respondents' rating of different services and resources in the working health institutions and different aspects of the health system
| Variable | Scale [No. (%)] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative view | Positive view | ||||||
| Very weak | Weak | Total | Satisfactory | Good | Very good | Total | |
| Health institution aspects | |||||||
| Offered services | 45 (21.7) | 90 (43.5) | 135 (65.2) | 51 (24.6) | 21 (10.1) | 0 (0.0) | 72 (34.8) |
| Availability of required quantity and quality of medicines | 67 (32.2) | 76 (36.5) | 143 (68.8) | 47 (22.6) | 16 (7.7) | 2 (1.0) | 65 (31.3) |
| Medical equipment and investigation tools | 61 (29.3) | 82 (39.4) | 143 (68.8) | 47 (22.6) | 17 (8.2) | 1 (0.5) | 65 (31.3) |
| Availability of sufficient number of nurse and other health care workers | 25 (12.1) | 49 (23.7) | 74 (35.7) | 67 (32.4) | 50 (24.2) | 16 (7.7) | 133 (64.3) |
| Health system aspects | |||||||
| Overall health system | 50 (24.0) | 100 (48.1) | 150 (72.1) | 47 (22.6) | 11 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | 58 (27.9) |
| Government fund allocation for health | 38 (19.6) | 92 (47.4) | 130 (67.0) | 43 (22.2) | 20 (10.3) | 1 (0.5) | 64 (33.0) |
| Salary of medical professionals | 25 (12.1) | 64 (31.1) | 89 (43.2) | 66 (32.0) | 48 (23.3) | 3 (1.5) | 117 (56.8) |
| Role of private sector compared with public sector | 34 (17.2) | 76(38.4) | 110(55.6) | 56 (28.3) | 31 (15.7) | 1 (0.5) | 88 (44.4) |
| Health education activities | 83 (40.5) | 91 (44.4) | 174 (84.9) | 26 (12.7) | 5 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 31 (15.1) |
| Role of professional associations in controlling health system and private practice | 116 (57.4) | 60 (29.7) | 176 (87.1) | 19 (9.4) | 6 (3.0) | 1 (0.5) | 26 (12.9) |
| Role of medical research in health system | 112 (54.4) | 69 (33.5) | 181 (87.9) | 17 (8.3) | 8 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (12.1) |
Note: Not all questions are answered by all respondents