Categories grouped by theme | Frequency |
---|---|
Theme: habitual use of the AED | |
Describes automatic/habitual behaviour | 7 |
Difficulty answering questions (short phrases) regarding roles/functions of AED, unable to differentiate between the roles of AED and district clinics | 4 |
Widely shared practice | 4 |
Socially encouraged | 7 |
Total | 22 |
Theme: health system (private and public) encouraged or initiated use of AED | |
Clinic schedule | 5 |
Type of staff/doctor seeking | 3 |
Belief that district clinic staff refers patient to AED | 2 |
Dissatisfaction with the behaviour of clinic staff | 1 |
Free service at AED | 2 |
Total | 13 |
Theme: deliberate use of AED | |
Based on convenience | 6 |
Based on patients' assessed seriousness of their complaint | 4 |
Past positive AED experiences | 3 |
Despite negative experiences and reports | 3 |
Confidence in AED | 4 |
No cost | 2 |
Familiarity with AED | 1 |
Seeking a doctor | 4 |
Total | 27 |
AED; accident and emergency department.