Effects of capitation payment on utilization and claims expenditure under National Health Insurance Scheme: a cross-sectional study of three regions in Ghana

Table 1 Trends in utilization by region and service type, 2010–2014

Region	Year	OPD	% Growth	IPD	% Growth	Total	% Growth
Ashanti	2010	3,738,374	–	132,258	–	3,870,632	–
	2011	7,492,825	100.4	380,886	188.0	7,873,711	103.4
	2012	4,127,229^a	− 44.9	334,508^a	− 12.2	4,461,737	−43.3
	2013	4,288,590	3.9	305,893	−8.6	4,594,483	3.0
	2014	5,019,149	17.0	405,719	32.6	5,424,868	18.1
Central	2010	1,344,301	–	49,490	–	1,393,791	–
	2011	2,424,202^a	80.3	102,484^a	107.1	2,526,686	81.3
	2012	1,990,644	−17.9	81,071	−20.9	2,071,715	−18.0
	2013	1,940,097	−2.5	131,093	61.7	2,071,190	0.0
	2014	2,535,207	30.7	125,215^a	− 4.5	2,660,422	28.4
Volta	2010	903,379	–	66,626	–	970,005	–
	2011	1,994,868	120.8	220,441^a	230.9	2,215,309	128.4
	2012	1,696,435	−15.0	133,838	−39.3	1,830,273	−17.4
	2013	2,754,035	62.3	229,707	71.6	2,983,741	63.0
	2014	2,731,830	−0.8	173,871^a	− 24.3	2,905,701	−2.6

^aIndicates that for these values inter- or extrapolation was used for one or more of the districts involved

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