Decision-making experiences of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) regarding treatment in Ghana: a qualitative study

Table 1 Details of renal centres in Ghana (Cost estimated using exchange rate of USD 1: GHS 4.5, prevailing rate at the time of preparing the manuscript; HD – haemodialysis)

	Unit	Number of dialysis patients			Age Range	Average number of Sessions per Week	Number of HD stations	Cost per session (USD)
	Unit	Males	Females	Total	Age Range	Average number of Sessions per Week	Number of HD stations	Cost per session (USD)
1	Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital^a	5	2	7	26–78	2	5	42
2	NAHGE^b	12	2	14	19–76	2	8	44
3	Police Hospital^a	16	2	18	23–79	2	6	56
4	Ghana-Canada Medical Center^b	3	3	6	26–50	3	3	56
5	Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Renal^a	160	98	258	11–82	2	17	58
6	Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Cardiothoracic Centre^a	21	17	38	27–85	3	10	58
7	Peace and Love Hospital^b	5	2	7	38–67	2	4	47
8	Cape Coast Teaching Hospital^a	26	11	37	26–68	2	10	56
9	Accra Kidney^b	5	4	9	35–60	2	6	58
10	Benghazi Dialysis Unit^b	9	1	10	33–50	2	5	56
Total		262	142	404			74

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