Table 2

Identified problems in government health and family planning services


% (No) of respondents
Identified problems
1999
2000
2003

Lack of/poor quality of medicines
54 (14,128)
58 (14,621)
55 (14,052)
Bad staff attitude
15 (4,015)
25 (6,276)
29 (7,447)
Bad service
29 (7,561)
40 (10,098)
27 (6,751)
Extra payment to doctors
9 (2,376)
12 (3,091)
17(4,440)
Have to pay for medicines
9 (2,202)
17 (4,263)
17 (4,379)
Difficult to reach
22 (5,588)
19 (4,785)
16 (4,164)
Doctors not available
7 (1,876)
13 (3,178)
15 (3,887)
Dirty, poor equipment/facilities
15 (3,984)
13 (3,399)
11 (2,887)
Lack of doctors/specialists/nurses
18 (4,698)
14 (3,561)
10 (2,618)
Lack of different services
6 (1,481)
14 (3,478)
10 (2,600)
No problem
6 (1,679)
1 (238)
1 (338)
Too few beds/lack of facilities
7 (1,833)
7 (1,886)
7 (1,706)

Cockcroft et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2007 5:1   doi:10.1186/1478-4505-5-1