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Table 7 Potential output improvements per type of hospital

From: Ownership and technical efficiency of hospitals: evidence from Ghana using data envelopment analysis

Output type

Actual output

Target output if efficient

% increase

Government hospital

OPD attendance

2,501,596

4,488,118

79%

IPD

304,284

495,785

63%

Deliveries

79,139

130,891

65%

Laboratory services

3,012,825

4,603,862

53%

Mission hospitals

OPD attendance

1,283,284

2,632,868

105%

IPD

177,408

316,966

79%

Deliveries

34,886

68,789

97%

Laboratory services

1,538,295

2,667,427

73%

Quasi-Government hospitals

OPD attendance

468580

603,887

29%

IPD

18,329

23,080

29%

Deliveries

4,341

11,708

170%

Laboratory services

249,776

349,084

40%

Private hospitals

OPD attendance

131,134

298,114

127%

IPD

1,199

21,399

133%

Deliveries

1,075

5,224

386%

Laboratory services

211,345

506,289

140%