From: A cost function analysis of child health services in four districts in Malawi
Variable | N | All facilities | Mean (standard error) | P > t | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mean (standard error) | Range | CHAM facilities | Government health centres |  | |
 | (all facilities) |  | ||||
 | (n = 8) | (n=16) |  | |||
Total costs (US$) | 24 | 69,317 | 15,986 to | 77,057 | 65,657 | 0.58 |
(9,009) | 192,174 | (20,228) | (9,467) | |||
Outpatient visits for children U5 | 24 | 10,753 | 1,425 to | 9,282 | 11,488 | 0.36 |
(1,103) | 22,156 | (2,605) | (1,052) | |||
Inpatient admittances for children U5 | 24 | 133 | 0 to | 117 | 140 | 0.86 |
(60) | 1,325 | (51) | (88) | |||
Fully immunized children | 24 | 915 | 0 to 2342 | 824 | 960 | 0.55 |
(105) | (199) | (125) | ||||
Average salary of clinical staff (US$) | 24 | 5,205 | 2,194 to | 6,540 | 4,536 | 0.06 |
(502) | 13,374 | (1,202) | (390) | |||
Proportion of drugs out of stock (average of beginning and end of fiscal year) | 24 | 0.28 | 0.07 to | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.0003** |
(0.02) | 0.53 | (0.02) | (0.02) | |||
Proportion of U5 outpatient visits diagnosed with malaria | 23 | 0.54 | 0.05 to | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.38 |
(0.05) | 0.91 | (0.10) | (0.05) | |||
Proportion of cases correctly medicated | 22 | 0 .85 | 0.66 to | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.12 |
 |  | (0.02) | 0.97 | (0.04) | (0.02) |  |