A spatial national health facility database for public health sector planning in Kenya in 2008

Table 1 Public health facilities in Kenya in 2003 and 2008 by type and management agency.

	Ministry of health		Mission/NGO		Local Authority		Employers and Other Ministries		Total
Type of Facility	2003	2008	2003	2008	2003	2008	2003	2008	2003	2008	(% change)
Hospital^b	125	193	96	104	0	1	11	7	232	305	24
Health centre^c	473	678	157	225	50	53	14	15	694	971	29
Dispensary	1,471	2,703	907	1,148	40	47	123	148	2,541	4,046	37
Unspecified clinic^d	-	-	-	7	-	-	45	5	45	12	-74
Total ^e	2,069	3,574	1,160	1,484	90	101	193	175	3,512	5,334	34

a. 2003 data were derived from Noor et al 2004.
b. Includes provincial, district, sub-district hospitals or unspecified hospitals offering general inpatient clinical services. The 304 hospitals identified in 2004–08 included 50 health centres identified at the end of 2003 but were subsequently upgraded to hospitals.
c. Includes all health centers, sub-health centers, and rural health training centers as specified on national databases. The 975 health centres identified in 2004–08 included 187 (144 ministry of health; 41 mission/NGO; and 2 local authority) dispensaries identified at the end of 2003 but were subsequently upgraded to health centres.
d. Includes all clinics that were not classified in the private or employer sectors that provide generalized health services but were not classed as dispensaries or health centers.
e. 72 (in 2003) and 67 (in 2008) health facilities including all hospitals that provide treatment for special diseases only, such as leprosy, tuberculosis, cancer, ophthalmology, and spinal injury and the large number of maternity and nursing homes are not shown in this table and do not form part of subsequent analysis of geographic access to public health services as they do not provide care to ambulatory patients. The total of public health facilities also does not include 40 unspecified clinics managed by public institutions and non-MoH government ministries.

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