Investigating health service availability and readiness for antenatal testing and treatment for HIV and syphilis in Papua New Guinea

Table 1 Health facility characteristics by type of health facility^a

Health facility type	Number of health facilities	Average number of health workers^b	Average number of beds^c	Average catchment population [32]
Primary healthcare (levels 1-4)
Community health posts	3088^d	3 (2)	1.9	500-2000
Sub-health centers and urban clinics	458^d	6.4 (4)	5.4	2000-5000 (rural population) >10 000 (urban population)
Health centers	261^d	11 (7)	16.5	5000 -10 000
District/rural hospitals	14	39.5 (14-35)	61.3	>70 000
Secondary healthcare (levels 5-7)
Provincial/ / national referral hospitals	21^e	176 (63-355)	78.8	1000- total population

^aSource: [34]
^bIndicates the observed average number of health workers, and in parentheses are the number of mandated health workers according to National Health Service Standards. Source: [32]
^cSource: [27]
^dNot all health facilities are open (operational) or staffed
^eIncludes twenty provincial hospitals, and one national referral hospital

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