Table 1 Definition of study variables
Variables | Definition | Measurement | Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Input variables | |||
BEDS | Beds | Total number of hospital beds during the financial year | Annual Health Sector Performance Report 2012/2013 |
STAFF | Medical Staff | Total number of doctors, nurses, Clinical officers, Laboratory technicians and anesthetic officers. | Annual Health Sector Performance Report 2012/2013 |
Output variables | |||
INPATDAYS | In Patient days | Total number of inpatient days for the Financial year | Annual Health Sector Performance Report 2012/2013 |
OPD | Outpatient visits | Total number of outpatient visits during the Financial year | Annual Health Sector Performance Report 2012/2013 |
Explanatory variables | |||
BOR | Bed Occupancy Rate | Proportion of beds which are occupied over a specified period of time | Annual Health Sector performance report 2012/2013 |
OPDIPD | Outpatient visits as a proportion of inpatient days; | Total Outpatient department visits divided by the total inpatient days | Annual Health Sector performance report 2012/2013 (calculated) |
ALOS | Average Length of Stay | Average number of days that patients spend in hospital. Measured by dividing the total number of days stayed by all inpatients during a year by the number of admissions | Annual Health Sector performance report 2012/2013 |
SIZE | Hospital Size | Number of beds in the hospital. 1 if >190 and 0 if <190 | Annual Health Sector performance report 2012/2013 |
OWN | Ownership | Governing authority of hospital. 1 if Government/private hospital owned; 0 if NGO/PNFP | Annual Health Sector performance report 2012/2013 |
TEACH | Teaching status | Whether a hospital is attached to a university or not for the purpose of training medical students (doctors & Pharmacists) | Individual hospital website |
DIST | Distance | Distance of the teaching hospital from the capital city. 1 if and 0 if | Individual hospital website |
POP | Population size | Total population of districts in the hospital’s catchment area.: 1 if and 0 if | Uganda National Population and Housing Census 2014 (calculated) |