In-depth interview with public sector physicians |
Number |
7 |
Gender |
2 females and 5 males |
Range of graduation year |
1982–2009 |
In-depth interview with private sector physicians |
Number |
5 (2 of them retired from public sector, 1 was accepted in public sector and waiting to join, and only 2 had no linkage with public sector) |
Gender |
1 female and 4 males |
Range of graduation year |
1973–2013 |
In-depth interview with village doctors |
Number |
5 |
Gender |
5 males |
Range of number of years in practice |
2–32 |
Range of level of formal education (excluding training in medicine) |
secondary–bachelor |
In-depth Interview with service users |
Number |
7 |
Gender |
4 females and 3 males |
Range of age in years |
25–48 (females: 25–45; males: 45–48) |
Range of level of education |
primary–masters (females: primary-honors; males: honors-masters) |
Types of occupation |
females: homemaker, kindergarten teacher and high school teachers; males: high school teachers, businessmen |
FGD with service users |
Number of sessions |
4 (2 with females, 2 with males) |
Number of participants |
7–8 in each session |
Range of age in years |
19–72 (females: 19–59; males: 31–72) |
Range of level of education |
primary–masters (females: primary-masters; males: primary-honors) |
Type of occupation |
females: college and high school teachers and custodial staff; males: college and school teacher, retired government official, businessman, farmer |
Observations |
Setting |
3 settings: public sector (consultation rooms in an UpHC), private sector (consultation rooms in a for-profit private clinic and an NGO-clinic), and informal sector (consultation rooms of 3 village doctors in a village bazaar) |
Duration |
1 week in each setting |