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Table 1 Area-based network allocation of all service levels

From: Improving allocative efficiency from network consolidation: a solution for the health workforce shortage

All levels

Units

Average workforce

Total normalized OP cases

Average OP cases per worker

Average reduced OP cases per worker (%)

Hospital

10 500

393

4 751 255

7924

 

Sub-district

7025

396

4 770 658

7920

0.1

District

878

508

5 831 026

7785

1.8

Province

76

2616

22 294 363

7808

1.5

Health region

12

13 406

99 726 840

7801

1.6

  1. The reduced OP cases per worker are the percentage differences of the average cases per worker after the consolidation (ex ante) compared with the average cases per worker of hospitals (status quo)