Table 4.

Mean households' out-of-pocket payments for maternal delivery (before and after exemption) (thousand of cedis)

	Volta						Central
Type of Delivery	Before			After			After
	Delivery Payments To Health Facility2	Total Payments For Delivery3	Ratio of Facility Payment In Total	Delivery Payments To Health Facility	Total Payments For Delivery	Ratio of Facility Payment In Total	Delivery Payments To Health Facility	Total Payments For Delivery	Ratio of Health Facility Payment In Total
Home/TBA	64.0	210.8	30.33	51.2	194.10	26.37	56.4	176.4	31.94
Caesarean Section	1,725.5	2,119.0	81.43	772.9	1,189.0	64.97	1,198.4	1,538.5	77.89
Normal Delivery at Health Facility1	172.6	404.7	42.65	110.8	329.6	33.67	116.0	267.5	43.44
Combined	274.5	485.6	56.53	164.6	376.6	43.70	290.5	463.6	62.65

¹Refers to assisted by hand/equipment at health facility

²Refers to out-of-pocket payment to delivery service provider for delivery; includes card, laboratory tests/x-ray, medicines/supplies received from service provider, delivery fee, use of operating theatre and in patient stay and food

³Refers to payment to delivery service provider, items purchased outside the facility, transport to and from facility, gifts to person assisting in delivery and other payments made at facility

Source: Computed from survey data