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Table 4 Factors associated with technical efficiency levels in health facilities (n = 64)

From: Efficiency of private and public primary health facilities accredited by the National Health Insurance Authority in Ghana

Independent variables

Dependent variable: technical efficiency scorea

Coef.

p value

[95 % Conf. Int.]

Public/government facilities (WR)

42.9

0.002*

16.9 to 69.0

Public/government facilities (GAR)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Mission/NGO facilities (WR)

52.1

0.000*

24.6 to 79.6

Mission/NGO facilities (GAR)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Private-for-profit facilities (WR)

26.3

0.085

−3.8 to 56.4

Private-for-profit facilities (GAR)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Rural facilities

3.87

0.680

−14.9 to 22.6

Urban facilities

Ref

Ref

Ref

Facilities owned/managed by male

−2.03

0.846

−22.8 to 18.8

Facilities owned/managed by female

Ref

Ref

Ref

Facilities with access to donor funding

6.79

0.589

−18.3 to 31.8

Facilities without access to donor funding

Ref

Ref

Ref

Facilities with active client complaint system

1.12

0.953

−36.4 to 38.6

Facilities without active client complaint system

Ref

Ref

Ref

Log Likelihood = −232.58405

   

Prob > Chi2 = 0.0006

   

Pseudo R2 = 0.0524

   
  1. WOTRO-COHEiSION Ghana Project (Health Facility Survey Data: March–June, 2012)
  2. Greater Accra Region (GAR); WR (Western Region)
  3. * Statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance
  4. aDependent variable (technical efficiency  % score) right-censored at 1.0 (equivalent to 100 %), benchmark for technically efficient facilities. Facilities scoring below 1.0 are considered inefficient