Table 2 Matrix of factors reported by papers to attract care seekers to different provider types: Proximity and timeliness of services
| Provider type |
Community health workers
(n = 7) |
Drug shop/pharmacy
(n = 23) |
Traditional healer
(n = 5) |
Private health centre/facility
(n = 6) |
Public health centre/facility
(n = 10) |
Hospital
(n = 2) |
Provider type not specified
(n = 12) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attracting factor | |||||||
| Proximity or easy access/lower cost of transport (n = 42) | 'Close by' Uganda [54]Nigeria & Ghana & Uganda & Kenya[55], Ethiopia[10, 13], Nigeria [56, 57] | 'Close by' Uganda [54, 32, 16, 18], Ethiopia [22]Ghana[29], Kenya[14], Nigeria [28, 26, 58, 57]Malawi[59, 24] | 'Close by' Uganda [16], Nigeria [20, 58] | 'Close by' Nigeria [28], Ghana [21] | 'Close by' Health centre Zambia[60], Uganda[12, 16], Gambia[40], Burkina Faso[61], Nigeria [62] | 'Close by' Nigeria [58] Nigeria [58]Burkina Faso[61], | 'Close by'Ethiopia [52]Sudan[64], Nigeria [20, 48], Ghana [21] Tanzania [47, 4]Uganda[46], Kenya [38] |
| 'Easy access' Uganda[17] (traditional birth attendants) | 'Less travel' Ghana [43], Tanzania[15] Malawi [36] | 'Easy access' Uganda[32] | 'Easy access' Uganda[41]Kenya[63] | 'Easy access' Mozambique[51], Tanzania[53], Kenya [49] | |||
| 'Save on transport cost' Nigeria [27] Ghana [21] Kenya [30] | Save on transport cost' Kenya [38], Mozambique[51], Ghana [21] | ||||||
| Provider timeliness of services (opening hours and waiting times) (n = 21) | 'Short waiting time' Nigeria [56] | 'Available 24 hrs' Kenya[14], Nigeria[19] | 'Available at convenient hours' Tanzania [34] | 'Operate for longer hours' Ghana[65] | 'Fast services for malaria cases' Nigeria [66] | 'Short waiting time' Ethiopia [52], Ghana [21], Kenya [38, 49]Uganda[46] Nigeria [48] | |
| 'Longer opening hours' Nigeria[20], Uganda[18] | 'Short waiting time' Kenya[14], Nigeria [28] | 'Short waiting time' Ethiopia [39] | |||||
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'Convenient treatment times' Ghana [43] | 'Provide faster services' Kenya[35] | ||||||
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'Short waiting time' Ghana [21, 43], Ethiopia [22], Tanzania [31] Malawi [36], Uganda[18] 'Provide fast services' Uganda[18] |