Provider type | Community health workers (n = 3) | Drug shop/pharmacy (n = 10) | Traditional healer (n = 1) | Private health centre/facility (n = 8) | Public health centre/facility (n = 13) | Hospital (n = 11) | Provider type not specified (n = 10) |
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Attracting factor | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Provider supplies (mostly drugs) and facilities are good (n = 28) | 'Drug availability' Ethiopia [95] | Tanzania[91] | Â | 'Availability of drugs' Nigeria [20, 48]Uganda[46], Ghana[21] | |||
 | 'Staff availability' Nigeria & Ghana & Uganda & Kenya[55], Nigeria[57] | 'Drug availability' Nigeria [28, 26]Tanzania[53, 101] Uganda [32], [102, 18]Ethiopia[13] |  |  | 'Drips available' Tanzania[101] |  | |
 |  | 'Wide range of drugs' Tanzania[101] Malawi[24] |  |  | 'Ward for in-patients' Tanzania [47] | 'Diagnostic facilities' Zambia[93] Tanzania[101] |  |
 |  |  |  |  | 'Presence of laboratory' Tanzania [47] | 'Staff availability' Zambia[93] |  |
 |  |  |  |  | 'Medical staff' Kenya [38] |  |  |
Better 'quality of services' (as a general statement) (n = 15) | Â | Uganda[18] | Uganda[32] | Kenya[50, 49], Tanzania [47], Nigeria [20, 48], Mozambique[51], Ghana [21] | |||
 |  |  |  |  | 'Have better quality control and regulation of services' Nigeria [66] |  |  |
Provider recommended by another provider (n = 11) | Â | Â | Â | Uganda [103], | 'Health facilities ' Tanzania [105] Burkina Faso[33] |