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Table 5 Health insurance status and types of health care providers visited

From: The association between health insurance status and utilization of health services in rural Northern Ghana: evidence from the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme

  

Outpatient rate (per 1000)

Inpatient rate (per 1000)

Provider

Insured

Uninsured

Total

Insured

Uninsured

Total

Population

CHPS compounds (public)

44.6

5.4

30.1

1.0

0.2

0.7

Pharmacies or LCSs

14.9

38.3

23.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

Public health centres

13.0

1.9

8.9

1.2

0.9

1.1

Private clinics

10.4

2.1

7.3

0.4

0.1

0.3

Public hospitals

19.3

1.8

12.8

23.4

3.0

15.9

Traditional healers

2.8

1.8

2.4

0.1

0.2

0.1

Poorest

CHPS compounds (public)

56.3

6.9

33.3

0.5

0.0

0.3

Pharmacies or LCSs

12.2

35.6

23.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Public health centres

20.2

2.8

12.1

2.0

1.8

1.9

Private clinics

6.1

1.5

4.0

0.3

2.2

1.2

Public hospitals

15.0

1.9

8.9

18.1

0.0

9.7

Traditional healers

2.7

2.4

2.6

0.1

0.0

0.1

Least poor

CHPS compounds (public)

20.3

1.1

17.9

1.4

0.0

1.2

Pharmacies or LCSs

18.6

26.9

19.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

Public health centres

5.8

0.0

5.0

0.3

0.0

0.3

Private clinics

20.0

4.3

18.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

Public hospitals

35.0

3.2

31.0

38.3

3.2

33.8

Traditional healers

3.1

3.2

3.1

0.0

0.0

0.0