Table 1

Background information of selected healthcare facilities

No.Hospital nameType of hospBed
Capacity
Annual
Admission
Pop. of Catch.
Area/Km2
No OF surgeries in a yearNo of hosp employees
1AchimotaDistrict/municipal88296 742270
2AdidomeDistrict/municipal108334421 5831148329
3AtuahDistrict/municipal1075453112 464627308
4BongoDistrict/municipal1284293107 856730301
5BonoRegional30011 348154 8809281086
6Dormaa EastDistrict/municipal45370864 2912321243
7NadowliDistrict/municipal120747976 194466309
8EasternRegional46221 396153 3705281291
9Effah-NkwataRegional337991 0005201851
10Ho MunicipalDistrict/municipal319570996 213615
11Kumasi SouthRegional1326660282 6091937710
12KwesimintsimDistrict/municipal82504761 0892903495
13NorthernRegional14112 247280 619790586
14NsawamDistrict/municipal1478420110 6771551693
15RidgeRegional47020 366284 1243111644
16SaveluguDistrict/municipal14110 203120 3676656640
17SuntresoDistrict/municipal1418879342 419377608
18SunyaniDistrict/municipal965883158 442868535
19TafoDistrict585358145 8245500592
20TakoradiDistrict/municipal102317430 172692418
21Upper EastRegional22015 000130 890695630
22Upper WestRegional2265791134 7395322595
23VoltaRegional1789089114 4721080571
24WARDistrict/municipal16910 450133 6091294324
25Wa WestDistrict/Municipal9727 85298 703592234
26Weija-GbaweDistrict/municipal915421192 023424390
27YendiDistrict/municipal18013 583161 9661081434
  • –, data unavailable; Achimota, Achimota Municipal Hospital; Adidome, Adidome District Hospital; Atuah; Atuah Government Hospital; Bongo; Bongo District Hospital; BMS, Biomedical Scientists; Bono, Bono Regional Hospital; Dormaa, Dormaa East District Hospital; Upper East, Upper East Regional Hospital; Eastern, Eastern Regional Hospital; Effah-Nkanwata, Effah-Nkanwata Regional Hospital; Hosp, Hospital; Kwesimintsim, Kwesimintsim Municipal Hospital; Ho Municipal, Ho Municipal Hospital; Nadowli, Nadowli District Hospital; Northern, Northern Regional Hospital; Nsawam, Nsawam Government Hospital; Pop, Population; Ridge, Greater Accra Regional Hospital; Savelugu, Savelugu Municipal Hospital; Suntreso; Suntreso Government Hospital; Kumasi South, Kumasi South Regional Hospital; Sunyani, Sunyani Municipal Hospital; Tafo; Tafo Government Hospital; Takoradi; Takoradi Municipal Hospital; Volta, Volta Regional Hospital; WAR, WAR Memorial Hospital; Wa West; Wa West Municipal Hospital; Weija-Gbawe, Weija-Gbawe Municipal Hospital; Upper West, Upper East Regional Hospital; Yendi, Yendi Municipal Hospital.