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

Table 5 Association between quality care proxies and technical efficiency (n = 64)

Quality care proxies	Technical efficiency score
Quality care proxies	Coef.
NHIA core standard areas
Range of services	−0.1416
Staffing	−0.0522
Organization and management	−0.1370
Quality and safety management	−0.1431
Care delivery	−0.1946
Overall score	−0.3158*
SafeCare Essentials patient risk areas
Leadership and accountability	−0.0834
Competency of workforce	0.0055
Environmental safety	−0.2764*
Clinical care	−0.1318
Quality improvement	−0.0421
Overall score	−0.1912

WOTRO-COHEiSION Ghana Project (Health Facility Survey Data: March–June, 2012)
Quality care proxies represent the health facilities performance in adherence to patient safety and standard quality health service delivery protocols. Higher scores depict better efforts and adherence to these standard protocols and vice versa
* Spearman rank correlation statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance (unadjusted Bonferroni or Sidak)

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