Ghana - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

Reference ID

GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Professor R. Biritwum - Department of Community Health, Ghana Medical School

Sponsor(s)

US National Institute on Aging - NIA - Financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182)

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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P5008: Type of facility (p5008)
File: GhanaINDDataProxy

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 17
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

I want to know more about why [NAME] needed an overnight stay in a health care facility. I want to know more about her/his most recent overnight stay, including why s/he needed the overnight stay. Now I would like you to come back to thinking about [NAME's] last overnight hospital stay only.

Literal question

What type of hospital or facility was it? Remember I am asking now about her/his last (most recent) overnight stay.

Post question

1 Public hospital
2 Private hospital
3 Charity or church-run hospital
4 Old person's home or long-term care facility
7 Other, specify

Categories

Value	Category
1	Public hosp
2	Private hosp
3	Charity hosp
4	Old person's home
7	Other
8	Don't know
9	Not applicable

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

INTERVIEWER: one answer only