| Responsibility | Country | |||
| Ghana | India | Uganda | Kenya | |
| Administrative | Unified bureaucratic hierarchy of Central government | Indirect control by central government | divestment of functions from central government | divestment of functions from central government |
| Shifting of workload from centre to field | Public corporations and special authorities | clear legal and distinct geographical boundaries | clear legal and distinct geographical boundaries | |
| No authority for staff to decide | Creation of broad authority to plan and implement | corporate status | Independent decisions | |
| Routine decisions | some supervisory power form central government | Special authorities | reciprocal relations with central government | |
| Employees indirectly under central government | employees indirectly under the state government | employees indirectly under the central government | Employees under the devolved government | |
| Fiscal | None | power to raise resources | power to raise resources | power to raise resources |
| Political | None | Vibrant Semi-autonomous units of government | Vibrant semi-autonomous units of government | Vibrant independent units of government |
| NPM Principles | Deconcentrated decision making | Delegated decision making | Devolved decision making | Devolved decision making |
| authority to GHS and districts within Ministry Of Health structure | authority to State and City Corporations | authority to District Councils | authority to County governments | |
| Areas of PPP | Administrative | Administrative | Fiscal | Fiscal |
| Fiscal | Administrative | Administrative | ||
| Political | ||||
| Decision Space | Minimum | Moderate | Moderate | Maximum |