Health Economics Review

Table 6 Actual time spent by clients at the facilities

From: The national health insurance scheme: perceptions and experiences of health care providers and clients in two districts of Ghana

	Inpatient (days)					Outpatient (minutes)
		Obs	Mean	Std dev	P-value	Obs	Mean	Std dev	P-value
Bolgatanga municipality	Insured	15	2.533333	1.302013	0.0890	35	234.8857	122.8059	0.5238
Bolgatanga municipality	Uninsured	31	3.677419	2.371878	0.0890	19	212.1053	127.7684	0.5238
Builsa district	Insured	-	-	-	-	50	238.1	47.92607	0.0096
Builsa district	Uninsured	-	-	-	-	50	199.56	91.35894	0.0096
Total	Insured	15	2.533333	1.302013	0.0890	85	236.7765	86.2944	0.0274
Total	Uninsured	31	3.677419	2.371878	0.0890	69	203.0145	101.8208	0.0274

*t-test to compare mean time spent by insured and uninsured respondents.

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