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Table 5 Payments made by government health service users in the two districts

From: Does contracting of health care in Afghanistan work? Public and service-users' perceptions and experience

Item

Proportion (weighted %) paying and median amount in Afghani (US$)*

 

SM district

NGO district

“Ticket” or registration fee

82/838 (10)

5.00 (0.1)

386/1262 (31)

5.00 (0.1)

Treatment and investigations in facility

113/838 (14)

100.00 (2)

211/1262 (17)

100.00 (2)

Medicines etc outside the facility

695/832 (83)

200.00 (4)

895/1249 (72)

250.00 (5)

  1. *The median amount is among those who paid anything.
  2. In SM district government health services were provided mainly by contracting the Provincial Health Office under the Strengthening Mechanism; in NGO district the services were provided mainly by a contracted NGO.