Table 4 |
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Pay and productivity for different health worker groups and TBAs in Ghana |
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Total mean annual income (USD) |
% salary out of total income |
Ratio total pay: GNI/capita [19] |
Mean hours work/wk |
Mean no. clients/week |
Mean no. delivs/wk |
Pay/client (USD) |
Pay/delivery (USD) |
Pay/hour (USD) |
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Doctor |
14,618 |
34% |
38.5 |
109.29 |
257.11 |
14 |
1.09 |
20 |
2.57 |
|
Medical Assistant |
5,367 |
76% |
14.1 |
129.2 |
172.27 |
8 |
0.60 |
13 |
0.80 |
|
GoG Midwife |
5,581 |
46% |
14.7 |
78.78 |
119 |
19 |
0.90 |
6 |
1.36 |
|
Private Midwife |
2,974 |
n/a |
7.8 |
111.69 |
38 |
4 |
1.51 |
14 |
0.51 |
|
Nurse |
4,902 |
58% |
12.9 |
75.7 |
87.51 |
14 |
1.08 |
7 |
1.25 |
|
Community Nurse |
3,606 |
47% |
9.5 |
56.09 |
102.5 |
10 |
0.68 |
7 |
1.24 |
|
TBA (trained) |
141 |
n/a |
0.4 |
21.3 |
8.2 |
2 |
0.33 |
1 |
0.13 |
|
TBAs (untrained) |
104 |
n/a |
0.3 |
19.19 |
5.87 |
2 |
0.34 |
1 |
0.10 |
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Witter et al. Human Resources for Health 2007 5:2 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-5-2 |
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