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Public health and Private health Access in Africa
Table showing access to private health care in selected countries in Africa
| Country | Private physicians per million pop | Total physicians per million pop | Private physicians as percent of total | Private for- profit beds per million pop | Total private beds per million pop | Total beds per million pop | Private for- profit beds as percent of total | All private beds as percent of total |
| Burundi |
2
|
26
|
7%
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| Malawi |
4
|
-16
|
25%
|
0
|
337
|
832
|
0%
|
41%
|
| Madagascar |
4
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
64
|
64
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| Zambia |
13
|
107
|
13%
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| Kenya |
30
|
76
|
40%
|
108
|
335
|
1063
|
10%
|
31%
|
| Senegal |
35
|
92
|
38%
|
95
|
108
|
652
|
14%
|
17%
|
| Liberia |
35
|
86
|
41%
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| Zimbabwe |
86
|
127
|
67%
|
n/a
|
661
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
56%
|
| South Africa |
168
|
299
|
56%
|
702
|
702
|
2400
|
29%
|
29%
|
| CAR |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
194
|
138.5
|
n/a
|
14%
|
| Tanzania |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
516
|
1064
|
0
|
49%
|
| Africa average |
92
|
200
|
46%
|
354
|
506
|
1693
|
16%
|
34%
|
| Note: Averages are weighted by population | ||||||||
| Source: Adapted from Making the Most of the Private Sector Workshop Annex 7 – Introduction Session Anne Mills Handout (Source: Hanson and Berman 1999 | ||||||||
Publicly employed physicians compared to Privately employed physicians
Publicl Hospital beds compared to private hospital beds
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