THE HEALTH SECTOR - Ghana Health Service

4.5 Hospital Bed Utilisation Statistics
Region
Percentage Occupancy
Average Length of Stay
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Ashanti 65.1 54.3 60.6 60.8 65.5 68.2 4.8 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.5 5.9
Brong Ahafo 66.5 55.3 57.5 65.5 59.9 64.8 3.9 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7
Central 60.9 46.2 50.2 54.1 51.6 53.6 5.6 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.9 5.0
Eastern 54.3 50.7 50.3 49.2 55.1 54.4 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.1
Greater Accra 90.0 61.5 68.0 72.2 70.0 72.3 11.2 6.3 6.2 7.9 7.5 6.7
Northern 55.1 49.0 60.8 59.1 58.9 57.4 3.0 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2
Upper East 45.9 41.1 45.9 49.7 48.2 51.5 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.4
Upper West 53.5 43.2 52.1 51.8 48.9 54.2 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.8 4.1
Volta 50.6 46.3 45.3 47.4 49.1 53.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.5
Western 48.7 49.4 51.9 53.3 52.1 51.1 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.5
National 62.3 51.3 55.2 56.8 57.6 59.4 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.1
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