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. 2021 Feb 1;14:1178632920986233. doi: 10.1177/1178632920986233

Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies.

Authors name Year of publication Country World bank income class Study design Sample size Facilities type
PHC N (%) Other N (%)
1. Mendis et al6 2012 Benin Low income Cross sectional 12 12 (100) 0 (0.00)
Eritrea Low income Cross sectional 6 6 (100) 0 (0.00)
Sudan Lower middle Cross sectional 12 12 (100) 0 (0.00)
Syria Low income Cross sectional 14 14 (100) 0 (0.00)
Bhutan Lower middle Cross sectional 7 7 (100) 0 (0.00)
Sri Lanka Upper-middle Cross sectional 14 14 (100) 0 (0.00)
Vietnam Lower middle Cross sectional 15 15 (100) 0 (0.00)
Suriname Upper middle Cross sectional 10 10 (100) 0 (0.00)
2. Nyarko et al7 2016 Ghana Lower middle Cross sectional 23 18 (78.3) 3 (13.0)*
2 (8.7)**
3. Aryal et al10 2018 Nepal Low income Cross sectional 92 8 (8.7) 3 (3.3)*
81 (88.0)***
4. Mutale et al9 2018 Zambia Lower middle Cross sectional 46 43 (93.5) 3 (6.5)****
5. Rogers et al8 2018 Ugandan Low income Cross sectional 53 14 (26.4) 26 (49.0)*****
13 (24.5)**

The World Bank. Country and Lending Groups by Income, available at: http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups.

Abbreviation: PHC, primary health care.

Other: *District hospital.

**

Regional Hospitals.

***

Health post.

****

1sth level hospitals.

*****

General Hospital.