Table 3.

Health system responsiveness among older adults who received outpatient healthcare in the past 12 months, by type of facility, SAGE Ghana Wave 1, 2007/08.

	Private for-profit		Private not-for-profit		Public services
	n	%	n	%	n	%	F	p
For the last visit to a healthcare provider rate the following:
The amount of time waited before being attended to:
	(n = 396)		(n = 174)		(n = 1306)
Very good/good	288	74.1	76	45.1	782	60.7	7.7	< 0.0001
Moderate	81	20.2	57	33.5	342	24.7
Bad/very bad	26	5.7	41	21.4	182	14.6
Your experience of being treated respectfully:
	(n = 397)		(n = 175)		(n = 1325)
Very good/good	335	89.4	124	71.6	1012	78.3	5.4	0.0004
Moderate	39	9.9	47	25.9	269	19.6
Bad/very bad	3	0.7	4	2.5	25	2.1
How clearly healthcare providers explained things to you?
	(n = 397)		(n = 174)		(n = 1304)
Very good/good	326	82.1	104	61.1	894	68.9	5.9	0.0003
Moderate	56	14.9	54	29.9	308	22.8
Bad/very bad	15	3.0	16	9.0	102	8.3
Your experience in being involved in making decisions for your treatment:
	(n = 397)		(n = 174)		(n = 1303)
Very good/good	291	73.4	90	54.7	806	60.9	8.7	0.0009
Moderate	81	20.1	50	27.9	317	24.1	5.0
Bad/very bad	25	6.5	34	17.4	180	14.9
The way the health services ensured you could talk privately to health providers:
	(n = 397)		(n = 1306)		(n = 175)
Very good/good	350	88.0	126	72.4	1033	77.7	3.9	0.0091
Moderate	44	11.5	44	25	239	18.7
Bad/very bad	3	0.5	5	2.6	34	3.6
…the ease with which you could see a healthcare provider you were happy with?
	(n = 397)		(n = 175)		(n = 1307)
Very good/good	296	73.8	88	49.7	808	60	6.7	< 0.0001
Moderate	86	22.8	68	37.7	376	28.1
Bad/very bad	15	3.4	19	12.6	123	11.9
…the cleanliness in the health facility?
	(n = 397)		(n = 174)		(n = 1323)
Very good/good	376	95.8	153	89	1124	85.5	7.1	< 0.0001
Moderate	20	4.0	16	8.4	153	11.9
Bad/very bad	1	0.2	5	2.6	25	2.6

Notes: n: unweighted; percentage: weighted. Private not-for-profit: charity clinics and hospitals. The highest numbers in the column are in bold.