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Table 1 Commune characteristics

From: ‘I do want to ask, but I can’t speak’: a qualitative study of ethnic minority women’s experiences of communicating with primary health care professionals in remote, rural Vietnam

Commune characteristics

N (%)

Distance from District Hospital (range 4 km – 45 km)

  < 10 km

2 (40%)

 10–20 km

1 (20%)

 20–30 km

1 (20%)

 30–40 km

0 (0%)

  > 40 km

1 (20%)

Predominantly sealed road access to District Hospital

4 (80%)

Ethnic makeup

 Predominantly Thai

3 (60%)

 Predominantly Hmong

2 (40%)