Table 1 Characteristics of study participants and facilities (n = 2248)
From: The role of institutions on the effectiveness of malaria treatment in the Ghanaian health sector
Variable | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age | Â | 36.6Â years (average) |
Gender | Â | Â |
female | 1,326 | 59 |
male | 922 | 41 |
Greater Accra | 897 | 39.9 |
Ashanti | 861 | 38.3 |
Northern | 526 | 21.7 |
Education | Â | Â |
• Uneducated (control group) | 243 | 10.8 |
• Primary | 360 | 16 |
• Junior Secondary School (JSS) | 879 | 39.1 |
• Senior Secondary School (SSS) | 470 | 20.9 |
• Tertiary | 297 | 13.2 |
Occupation | Â | Â |
• Formal | 450 | 20 |
• Informal | 1214 | 54 |
• Farmer | 225 | 10 |
• Unemployed | 584 | 26 |
Teaching Hospital | Â | Â |
| Â | 330 | 14.7 |
Regional Hospital | 119 | 5.3 |
District Hospital | 1,086 | 48.3 |
Health Centre | 713 | 31.7 |
Females in Hospital Types | Â | Â |
• Teaching Hospital | 171 | 7.6 |
• Regional Hospital | 74 | 3.3 |
• District Hospital | 589 | 26.2 |
• Health Centre | 447 | 19.9 |
Information flow from government to facility | 407 | 18.1 |
Information flow from facility to health workers | 1729 | 76.9 |
Quality of instruments | 1,893 | 84.2 |
Internal decentralization | 922 | 41 |
Opportunity for professional development | 2,021 | 89.9 |
Job satisfaction | 1,657 | 73.7 |