Table 8.

Perceptions of street dwellers about model clinics and comparison with other health facilities

Model clinics	Other clinics
The model clinics provide services in the evening, which was very convenient for street-dwellers to get services	Other health centres open at day time when street-dwellers cannot go there as they become busy and remain out of their sleeping places in search of food for them
The staff members of the model clinics come to them and call them to visit their clinics. The providers of the model clinics respect them, listen to them, and provided services carefully	There is nobody to call them to go to clinics. The providers of the clinics avoid and discourage them to visit those clinics
There are male and female doctors for them at the model clinics, and services are provided to female patients by the female providers	In most cases, there is no provider from separate sex
Behaviour of the providers of the model clinics is very good, and they are very polite	Providers at other hospitals do not behave well with street-dwellers
The model clinics are very near to their sleeping places. No money is needed to visit the clinics	There is no other clinic/hospital near their sleeping places
There is very good discipline in the model clinics, and no need to wait for a long time	Requires much time to get treatment because other clinics/hospitals provide services to street-dwellers after providing services to other patients. The providers of that clinics neglect street- dwellers