From: Efficiency analysis of primary healthcare facilities in Afghanistan
Variable | Comprehensive Health Center CHC (n = 272) | Basic Health Center BHC (n = 571) | Sub Health Center SHC (n = 420) | |||
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Mean Standard Deviation (SD) | Range | Mean Standard Deviation (SD) | Range | Mean Standard Deviation (SD) | Range | |
Input variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Capital cost (USD) | 3908 (12,433) | 0–133,501 | 1375 (3011) | 0–26,179 | 918 (1781) | 0–15,725 |
 Recurrent cost (USD) | 38,601 (25,077) | 5855–259,568 | 15,680 (7679) | 231–54,789 | 8661 (5069) | 28–32,521 |
 # Supporting staff | 4.57 (1.3) | 0–8 | 1.99 (0.63) | 0–14 | 1 (0.50) | 0–10 |
 # Technical staff | 10.38 (1.43) | 2–18 | 5.35 (1.02) | 1–16 | 2.47 (0.68) | 1–5 |
Output variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 # Acute respiratory infection visits | 11,590 (5924) | 0–39,166 | 6540 (3586) | 653–23,101 | 3952 (2141) | 294–16,426 |
 # Diarrhea visits | 42.55 (2417) | 0–19,437 | 2449 (1526) | 105–11,500 | 1521 (908) | 9–6452 |
# Peptic disorder visits | 3024 (1579) | 0–9933 | 1705 (985) | 101–8478 | 1123 (632) | 69–3962 |
 # Immunization administered | 7592 (4132) | 580–26,213 | 4774 (2710) | 0–17,778 | 1053 (1576) | 0–10,219 |
 # Antenatal & postnatal visits | 6827 (4907) | 0–32,286 | 3155 (2552) | S | 1573 (1,265) | 0–8072 |
 # Other visits | 25,667 (12,898) | 400–76,965 | 13,051 (6864) | 622–49,187 | 7809 (4381) | 642–48,044 |
Explanatory variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 % Supporting staff | 0.3 (0.06) | 0–0.47 | 0.27 (0.06) | 0–0.78 | 0.28 (0.11) | 0–0.77 |
 % Capital cost | 0.06 (0.13) | 0–0.82 | 0.07 (0.13) | 0–0.78 | 0.09 (0.15) | 0–0.85 |