Technical analysis, contestation and politics in policy agenda setting and implementation: the rise and fall of primary care maternal services from Ghana’s capitation policy

Table 4 Per capita rate per health facility ownership for implementation as of July 2011

Provider Ownership	Capitation Rate (GH¢) Clinical Service (Per Member Per Month)	Capitation Rate (GH¢) Medicines (Per Member Per Month)	Total Rate (GH¢) Clinical Service & Medicines (Per Member Per Month)	Total Rate (USD) Clinical Service & Medicines (Per Member Per Month)
Private self-financed	1.11	0.64	1.75	1.16
Government	0.59	0.64	1.23	0.81
Mission-based	0.79	0.64	1.43	0.95

Source: Preferred Primary Provider Group Practice Guidelines, July 2011, National Health Insurance Authority. Conversion from Ghanaian cedis (GH¢) to US dollars; exchange rate at 4.00 pm universal time on 31st July 2011 - 1GH¢ = 0.662USD. http://www.xe.com/currencytables/?from=GHS&date=2011-07-31

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