Table 4 Knowledge and perception of emergency medical service use, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
From: Trends and barriers of emergency medical service use in Addis Ababa; Ethiopia
Frequency | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Availability (n = 429) | Perception of enough ambulances | Yes | 124 | 28.9 |
No | 305 | 71.1 | ||
Ever made ambulance call | Yes | 156 | 36.4 | |
No | 273 | 63.6 | ||
Ever used an ambulance | Yes | 74 | 17.2 | |
No | 355 | 82.8 | ||
Accessibility | Time expected to get ambulance during rush hour (median, 25,75 percentile) | 40.00(25.00,60.00) | NA | NA |
Time expected to get ambulance in non-rush hours (median, 25,75 percentile) | 30.00(15.00, 40.00) | NA | NA | |
Acceptable duration to get ambulance at any time (median, 25,75 percentile) | 16.00(10.00,30.00) | NA | NA | |
Can name one ambulance number (n = 429) | Yes | 229 | 53.4 | |
No | 200 | 46.6 | ||
Can name 939 as an ambulance number (n = 229) | Yes | 179 | 78.2 | |
No | 50 | 21.8 | ||
Perception of getting an ambulance on call 939 (n = 429) | Yes | 222 | 51.7 | |
No | 207 | 48.2 | ||
Accommodation (n = 429) | Perception that an ambulance is important for patient condition | Yes | 413 | 96.3 |
No | 16 | 3.7 | ||
Importance of ambulance | Treatment during transport | 177 | 42.4 | |
Onsite patient treatment | 35 | 7.8 | ||
Fastest transportation means | 165 | 40.4 | ||
patient transfer | 36 | 8.8 | ||
Affordability (n = 429) | Knowledge of free ambulance | Yes | 331 | 77.2 |
No | 98 | 22.8 | ||
Acceptability (n = 429) | Perception of high quality care in ambulance | Yes | 300 | 69.9 |
No | 117 | 27.3 | ||
I do not know | 12 | 2.8 | ||
Perception that taxi is safer than ambulance | Yes | 88 | 20.5 | |
No | 341 | 79.5 | ||
Perception that taxi is faster than ambulance | Yes | 131 | 30.5 | |
No | 298 | 69.5 | ||