Table 1.

Characteristics of 98 matched CHAM facilities

Characteristics	No SLA (n=49)	SLA (n=49)	Diff	X2 or t value*
Facility type
Hospital	7 (14.3%)	15 (30.6%)	−16.3%	4.05
Community hospital	10 (20.4%)	10 (20.4%)	0.0%
Health centre	32 (65.3%)	24 (49.0%)	16.3%
Population	23856±2450	28034±2626	−4178	−1.16
ln (Staff)	3.75±0.11	4.07±0.14	−0.32	−1.87

ln(staff) is the natural logarithm of the number of staff in health facilities.

*None are statistically significant.

SLA, denotes service-level agreements.