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Fig. 3

From: Recurrent costs in primary health care in Ethiopia: facility and disease specific unit costs and their components in government primary hospitals and health centers

Fig. 3

Regional distribution of median unit costs in ETB by department for health centers. This figure shows the regional distribution of the median unit costs (in Ethiopian birr) across the 4 departments for health centers. OPD and MCH had substantially lower median unit costs compared to IPD and Delivery department across all regions. The lower median unit costs in certain regions could be due to cost-efficient use of resources, high utilization rates, or even inefficiencies not captured by this analysis (such as low expenditures due to high stock-out rates). The highest median unit costs were for inpatient services provided in Addis Ababa and delivery services provided in Dire Dawa. Both Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa are urban areas

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