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Table 4 Average potential savings from efficiency by facility characteristics

From: Improving primary health care facility performance in Ghana: efficiency analysis and fiscal space implications

Variable

Mean (GH₵)

Standard Error

Facility location

  

 Rural

7528.61

841.93

 Urban

19,647.16

5271.72

Facility Type

  

 Private

38,395.9

8499.89

 Public

9600.114

1484.612

Administrative region

  

 Ashanti

19,114.26

6556.09

 Brong Ahafo

5714.15

4958.34

 Central

25,737.83

10,556.45

 Eastern

7763.96

1473.81

 Greater Accra

6559.77

2754.89

 Northern

8591.75

3815.11

 Upper East

11,834.81

2530.16

 Upper West

8448.45

3159.05

 Volta

5007.98

1461.34

 Western

5552.22

1910.23

Performance Based Financing

 No

10,088.67

1656.78

 Yes

25,312.6

17,148.66

Mean

10,593.07

14,548.3

  1. Source: Authors’ computation
  2. Average exchange rate in 2011 was US$1.00 = GH₵1.50