Provider type | Community health workers (n = 4) | Drug shop/pharmacy (n = 19) | Traditional healer (n = 4) | Private health centre/facility (n = 3) | Public health centre/facility (n = 10) | Hospital (n = 3) | Provider type not specified (n = 13) |
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Attracting factor | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cost of services at the provider (including consultation, treatment, supplies) (n = 44) | 'Cheap' | 'Cheap' Kenya[14], Tanzania[15], Uganda [16–18] Nigeria [19], [20] Ghana [21], Ethiopia [22], Tanzania[23], Malawi[24], Nigeria [25, 26] | 'Cheap' Burkina Faso[33] | 'Cheap' Uganda [16] | Free services Malawi [36]South Africa [37] Kenya [38], Tanzania [31] Ethiopia [39] | 'Free services' Kenya[35] | |
 | 'Affordable' drug vendors | 'For those who find it difficult to pay' | 'Reduced cost' Kenya[35] | 'Free if unable to pay' Tanzania[34] | 'Low cost' Uganda[41] | 'Inexpensive services' Nigeria [48] Ghana [21], Nigeria[20], Kenya[14], [38, 49, 50], Mozambique[51]Ethiopia [52] | |
 |  | 'Charge less than others' Kenya [30] | 'Flexible in payment' Tanzania[34] | 'Free if Under 5yr olds' Gambia[40] | 'Economical for finding out the cause of an illness' Tanzania[44] | Affordable Tanzania[53] | |
 |  | 'Can get treatment on credit' Uganda [16], Tanzania [31], Nigeria [27, 19, 26] |  | 'Pay according to the treatment you get' Kenya[35] |  | 'Flexibility in mode of payment' Kenya[14] | |
 |  | 'Option of bargaining' Nigeria[20] |  | 'Prices are negotiable' Kenya[35] | 'Can get treatment on credit' Tanzania [31] |  |  |
 |  | 'Give medicine according to the money you can afford' Uganda[32] |  |  | 'Covered by insurance' Ghana [43] |  |  |