From: A cost function analysis of child health services in four districts in Malawi
Parameter | District | Average / Total* | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |  |
Population | 624,445 | 511,279 | 317,324 | 309,778 | 440,707 |
Estimated population Under 5 | 114,834 | 90,320 | 59,239 | 61,823 | 81,554 |
Number of Health Facilities | 30 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 21 |
Number of health facilities sampled | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
% of health facilities sampled | 20% | 21% | 40% | 55% | 28% |
Population served of sample | 186,666 | 162,763 | 128,507 | 129,326 | 607,262 |
% of district population served by sample | 30% | 32% | 40% | 42% | 36% |
Number of staff interviewed | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 47 |
Number of patient files sampled (of which for inpatient) | 273 (0) | 199 (0) | 300 (0) | 332 (32) | 1104 (32) |
Number of facilities with beds | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
Average number of beds among facilities with patient-beds (range) | 4.0 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
(2 to 10) | (2 to 11) | (2 to 12) | (2 to 12) | ||
Number of facilities with laboratory | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Average number of clinical staff (range) | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
 | (5 to 12) | (3 to 5) | (2 to 6) | (3 to 7) |  |