Table 5: Main reasons for transport delay by different types of emergency patients in 4 study hospitals.

Medical emergencies

Reasons for delay arriving

N (%)

Overall

(N = 734)

  • Conversations with relatives/friends

418 (56.9%)

  • Traffic jams

336 (45.8%)

  • Reffered by other hospital

320 (43.6%)

  • Organizing other transport

269 (36.6%)

  • Visiting local dispensary

245 (33.4%)

  • Organizing/waiting for ambulance

68 (9.3%)

RTIs

(N = 139)

  • Reffered by other hospital

97 (69.8%)

  • Traffic jam

83 (59.7%)

  • Conversations with relatives/friends

65 (46.8%)

Other accidents & injuries

(N = 438)

  • Conversations with relatives/friends

265 (60.5%)

  • Reffered by other hospital

212 (48.4%)

  • Traffic jam

193 (44.1%)

CVDs

(N = 13)

  • Traffic jam

10 (76.9%)

  • Reffered by other hospital

8 (61.5%)

  • Organizing/waiting for ambulance

6 (46.2%)

Other NCDs

(N = 14)

  • Having rest at home

9 (64.3%)

  • Conversations with relatives/friends

8 (57.1%)

  • Organizing other transport

8 (57.1%)

CDs

(N = 83)

  • Visiting local dispensary

71 (85.5%)

  • Having rest at home

63 (75.9%)

  • Conversations with relatives/friends

43 (51.8%)

Pregnancy Complications

(N = 20)

  • Having rest at home

19 (95.0%)

  • Organizing other transport

13 (65.0%)

  • Conversations with relatives/friends

12 (60.0%)

Others diseases

(N = 27)

  • Having rest at home

22 (81.5%)

  • Conversations with relatives/friends

20 (74.1%)

  • Traffic jam

13 (48.1%)

Note: Multiple Responses