Table 1.

Details of renal centres in Ghana (Cost estimated using exchange rate of USD 1: GHS 4.5, prevailing rate at the time of preparing the manuscript; HD – haemodialysis)

	Unit	Number of dialysis patients			Age Range	Average number of Sessions per Week	Number of HD stations	Cost per session (USD)
		Males	Females	Total
1	Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitala	5	2	7	26–78	2	5	42
2	NAHGEb	12	2	14	19–76	2	8	44
3	Police Hospitala	16	2	18	23–79	2	6	56
4	Ghana-Canada Medical Centerb	3	3	6	26–50	3	3	56
5	Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Renala	160	98	258	11–82	2	17	58
6	Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Cardiothoracic Centrea	21	17	38	27–85	3	10	58
7	Peace and Love Hospitalb	5	2	7	38–67	2	4	47
8	Cape Coast Teaching Hospitala	26	11	37	26–68	2	10	56
9	Accra Kidneyb	5	4	9	35–60	2	6	58
10	Benghazi Dialysis Unitb	9	1	10	33–50	2	5	56
Total		262	142	404			74

^a– government-funded facility; ^b – private-funded facility