Primary health care situations in remote rural villages of the Savannakhet province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Table 1 Characteristics of the study villages

Village name	Health center	Population	Number of households	Distance between village and health center (km)	Time taken to reach (min)*
Palay	Dongsavanh	377	51	25	120
Sapan	Dongsavanh	157	27	30	180
La En	Dongsavanh	222	33	27	150
Salou	Dongsavanh	149	20	18	90
Heng Luang	Dongsavanh	69	13	22	120
Huay Chang	Manchi	92	12	7	30
Keng Chen	Manchi	92	13	23	90
Khouk	Manchi	959	130	15	60
Tha Me	Manchi	631	99	15	60
La Ho	Manchi	176	26	24	120

ISSN: 1349-4147