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Table 1 Provider and patient characteristics (n = 2092)

From: Clinical communication and caregivers’ satisfaction with child healthcare in Nepal; results from Nepal Health Facility Survey 2015

Provider characteristics

n

%

Weighted %

Provider Category

 Nurse

183

8.2

12.4

 General Medical Doctor

25

1.1

1.0

 Specialist Medical Doctor

316

14.2

14.6

 Medical Officer

567

25.4

15.8

 Health Assistant

1129

50.7

55.9

 Other

9

0.4

0.4

Sex of Provider

 Female

491

22.0

25.7

 Male

1738

78.0

55.4

Student Providers Involved

 Yes

349

15.7

13.0

 No

1874

84.3

87.0

Waited more than 20 min to see provider

 Yes

1063

47.7

46.7

 No

1166

52.3

53.3

 Patient characteristics

Sex of Child

 Female

963

43.2

44.6

 Male

1266

56.8

55.4

Respondent’s Relationship to Child

 Mother

1797

82.2

77.7

 Father

203

9.1

9.0

 Aunt/Uncle

42

1.9

2.8

 Grandparent

111

5.1

7.7

 Other

33

1.5

2.7

Ever Attended School

 Yes

1520

69.5

62.8

 No

666

30.5

37.2

Respondent’s Caste/Ethnicity

 Brahaman/Chhetria

795

36.4

30.5

 Newara

89

4.1

3.5

 Janajati

508

23.2

24.0

 Muslim

89

4.1

5.8

 Dalitis

318

14.5

14.1

 Terai/Madhesi

369

16.9

21.5

 Other

18

0.8

0.7

  1. aAdvantaged caste/ethnic group