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Table 4 Area-based network allocation by clustered service level (option B)

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

Similar levels

Units

Average workforce

Total normalized OP cases

Average OP cases per worker

Average reduced OP cases per worker (%)

Primary, first-level secondary, and mid-level secondary

 Hospital

10 381

55

263 619

5373

 

 Sub-district

6940

58

279 078

5378

− 0.1

 District

878

120

585 779

5092

5.2

 Province

76

1432

7 474 182

5011

6.7

 Health region

12

7364

35 889 151

4971

7.5

High-level secondary and tertiary

 Hospital

119

861

10 965 434

11 410

 

 Sub-district

119

861

10 965 434

11 410

0.0

 District

116

896

11 757 623

11 418

− 0.1

 Province

76

1260

16 639 308

11 442

− 0.3

 Health region

12

6168

66 066 136

11 290

1.1

  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)