Use of surgical task shifting to scale up essential surgical services: a feasibility analysis at facility level in Uganda

Table 1 Selected Uganda health facilities (hospitals and HC IVs)

	Hospital	Type	Bed capacity	District Population/Catchment area	Distance from Kampala (Km)	Health workers numbers
						Dr	CO	Nur	MW
1	Bugiri	PH	100	24,800	166	5	-	34	12
2	Gombe	PH	100	100,000	68	5	4	23	13
3	Iganga	PH	120	51,800	205	9	-	61	22
4	Kakira	NGH	100	49,000	100	2	27	2	2
5	Kasana - Luweero	HC IV	150	100,000	86	3	-	9	12
6	Kawolo	PH	110	35,500	45	3	-	-	-
7	Kayunga	PH	150	23,100	74	2	7	25	18
8	Kiboga	PH	120	16,600	132	4	18	50	15
9	Kisubi	NGH	100	50,000	35	4	4	38	16
10	Kalisizo	PH	200	32,700	150	4	8	-	-
11	Mityana	PH	120	266,100	77	4	-	-	-
12	Mubende	PH	100	436,500	170	2	-	-	-
13	Rakai	PH	100	466,300	174	4	7	7	14
14	Nakaseke	GH	120	100,000	65	5	-	-	-
15	Nkozi	NGH	100	100,000	85	2	5	10	7
16	Nyenga	NGH	100	100,000	59	3	5	31	7
17	Villa Maria	NGH	126	500,000	318	6	4	10	-
18	Kitovu	NGH	220	228,200	140	6	5	40	14
19	Wakiso	HC IV	30	50,000	40	1	1	-	-
20	Kabula Lyantonde	HCIV	30	25,000	202	3	5	27	16
21	Kasana luweero	HCIV	30	100,000	86	3	-	9	12
22	St Stephen’s	HCIV	20	100,000	7	1	2	4	4
23	Atitir	HCIV	34	10,300	299	1	2	5	3
24	Serere	HCIV	30	176,500	205	1	2	8	2

PH Public Hospital, HC IV Health center IV, GH General Hospital, NGH Non Governmental hospital, Dr Doctors, CO Clinical Officers, Nur Nurses, MW Midwives.
- missing data.
Source of data: Uganda task-shifting feasibility study 2012.

ISSN: 1472-6963