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. 2017 Aug 29;17:185. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0937-2

Table 3.

Details of cash payments and in-kind payments by provider type

Cost of circumcisiona Provider Type
All providers Doctor Medical assistant Nurse Drug seller Domestic helper Wanzam Otherb
Total Included in-kind payment Total Included in-kind payment Total Included in-kind payment Total Included in-kind payment Total Included in-kind payment Total Included in-kind payment Total Included in-kind payment Total Included in-kind payment
n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%) n(%)
Total 2847 87 (3.1%) 136 (4.8%) 1 (0.7%) 83 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%) 958 (33.6%) 2 (0.2%) 175 (6.1%) 6 (3.4%) 454 (15.9%) 7 (1.5%) 979 (34.4%) 72 (7.4%) 62 (2.2%) 0 (0.0%)
Free 539 (18.9%) 16 (3.0%) 81 (59.5%) 1 (1.2%) 34 (41.1%) 0 (0.0%) 155 (16.2%) 1 (0.6%) 16 (9.1%) 2 (12.5) 183 (40.3%) 3 (1.6%) 68 (6.9%) 10 (14.0%) 2 (3.2%) 0 (0.0%)
1.00–9.9 Ghs 145 (5.1%) 4 (2.9%) 4 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (3.6%) 0 (0.0%) 24 (2.5%) 0 (0.0%) 11 (6.2%) 0 (0.0%) 13 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%) 84 (8.6%) 4 (4.6%) 1 (1.6%) 0 (0.0%)
Between 10 and 20 Ghs 1530 (53.7%) 42 (2.8%) 17 (12.5%) 0 (0.0%) 29 (34.9%) 0 (0.0%) 596 (62.2%) 0 (0.0%) 122 (69.0%) 2 (1.6%) 154 (33.9%) 2 (1.3%) 579 (59.0%) 38 (6.6%) 33 (53.2%) 0 (0.0%)
20.00–100.00 Ghs 554 (19.5%) 23 (4.2%) 31 (22.8%) 0 (0.0%) 16 (19.3%) 0 (0.0%) 170 (17.7%) 1 (0.6%) 23 (13.1%) 2 (8.7%) 100 (22.0%) 2 (2.0%) 188 (19.2%) 18 (9.6%) 26 (41.9%) 0 (0.0%)
Missing data 79 (2.8%) 2 (2.5%) 3 (2.2%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 13 (1.4%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (1.7%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (0.9%) 0 (0.0%) 55 (5.6%) 2 (3.6%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)

a1 Ghs = 0.6 $US (2012)

bOther: These included family members and friends