Table 3.
Descriptive statistics: comparisons based on health center contract signing status.
| 2011 | 2014 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracted | Non-Contracted | Contracted | Non-Contracted | |||||||
| Variables | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-Value | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-Value |
| Monthly volume of outpatients | 590 | 652 | 637 | 576 | 0.88 | 1073 | 760 | 616 | 495 | 0.12 |
| Revenue (in ‘000 ETB) | ||||||||||
| Patient card revenue | 24.3 | 40.2 | 31 | 36.7 | 0.73 | 48.2 | 48.1 | 15.5 | 9.4 | 0.03 |
| Diagnosis revenue | 4.3 | 6.8 | 18 | 18.2 | 0.03 | 21.3 | 27.1 | 23.6 | 39.7 | 0.86 |
| Drug revenue | 143.3 | 172.4 | 62.6 | 45.6 | 0.18 | 220.1 | 157.9 | 77.5 | 37.9 | 0.005 |
| Government budget revenue | 348.1 | 294.2 | 68.8 | 45.7 | 0.07 | 218.1 | 341.2 | 37.2 | 25.3 | 0.15 |
| CBHI revenue | . | . | . | . | . | 202.7 | 235 | . | . | . |
| Total revenue-reported (including money from CBHI) | 500.2 | 463.3 | 126.3 | 67.7 | 0.02 | 716.4 | 609.8 | 103.5 | 47.9 | 0.00 |
| Availability | ||||||||||
| Availability of drugs (18 in total) | 14.8 | 1.80 | 15.3 | 2.5 | 0.51 | 15.8 | 1.6 | 15.8 | 1.7 | 0.96 |
| Availability of equipment (21 in total) | 15.8 | 2.4 | 16.7 | 1.6 | 0.25 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 15.7 | 1.6 | 0.23 |
| Infrastructure | ||||||||||
| Water supply | 0.53 | . | 0.58 | . | 0.74 | 0.81 | . | 0.83 | . | 0.84 |
| Electricity access | 0.81 | . | 0.75 | . | 0.69 | 0.94 | . | 0.83 | . | 0.24 |
| Self-reported problems | ||||||||||
| Shortage/poor supply of drugs | 0.19 | . | 0.00 | . | 0.10 | 0.00 | . | 0.08 | . | 0.08 |
| Shortage of budget | 0.17 | . | 0.00 | . | 0.14 | 0.03 | . | 0.08 | . | 0.42 |
| Average waiting time (in min) | ||||||||||
| To get medical card | 11.7 | 10.6 | 15.8 | 7.9 | 0.25 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 27.3 | 30.2 | 0.01 |
| To see medical doctor | 32.1 | 27.9 | 31.3 | 11.7 | 0.92 | 21.5 | 23.2 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 0.81 |
Notes: Figures are based on the health facility surveys. The number of observations differs across variables. In 2011, the number of observations ranged between 17 and 48 while in 2014 the number of observations ranged from 26 to 48 observations. p-values are for mean difference comparisons between contracted and non-contracted health centers. Revenue indicators in 2014 are adjusted for inflation.