Table 1 Profile of the sampled specialities at each facility by type of facility and tier city
| Â | Number of departments/ specialities | Number of beds | ALOS | Bed occupancy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | IQ range | Median | IQ range | Median | IQ range | ||
Inpatient Cost Centre | |||||||
 Overall | 327 | 22.0 | (10.0-45.0) | 3.9 | (2.8-5.1) | 0.7 | (0.3-1.4) |
 By type of facility | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | ||||
 District | 200 | 27.0 | (13.8-48.0) | 4.3 | (3.3-5.2) | 0.8 | (0.4-1.6) |
 Private | 79 | 6.0 | (3.0-11.0) | 2.5 | (2.0-3.0) | 0.5 | (0.3-0.9) |
 Tertiary | 48 | 52.0 | (32.3-18.3) | 5.8 | (4.0-7.0) | 0.7 | (0.5-1.2) |
 By tier city | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | ||||
 Tier1 | 25 | 5.0 | (4.3-5.5) | 42.0 | (30.0-63.0) | 0.5 | (0.3-0.7) |
 Tier2 | 81 | 3.0 | (2.0-4.7) | 11.0 | (5.0-30.0) | 0.5 | (0.3-1.1) |
 Tier3 | 221 | 4.0 | (3.0-5.2) | 24.0 | (10.0-45.0) | 0.8 | (0.4-1.6) |
ICU Cost Centre | |||||||
 Overall | 45 | 14.0 | (10.0-24.0) | 3.5 | (2.0-5.0) | 0.6 | (0.3-1.5) |
 By type of facility | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | ||||
 District | 19 | 14.0 | (10.0-22.0) | 4.6 | (4.1-5.7) | 0.7 | (0.4-1.6) |
 Private | 10 | 10.5 | (9.3-14.0) | 3.0 | (2.9-3.0) | 0.2 | (0.1-0.4) |
 Tertiary | 16 | 18.0 | (12.8-25.3) | 2.0 | (2.0-3.3) | 0.8 | (0.4-1.6) |
 By tier city | ns | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | ||||
 Tier1 | 9 | 13.0 | (12.0-24.0) | 2.0 | (2.0-2.0) | 0.7 | (0.4-1.5) |
 Tier2 | 11 | 13.0 | (9.5-17.0) | 3.0 | (2.0-4.0) | 0.6 | (0.2-2.0) |
 Tier3 | 25 | 18.0 | (10.0-29.0) | 4.5 | (3.0-5.7) | 0.6 | (0.3-1.5) |