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Table 5 Prevalence of medical and non-medical additional earning arrangements in the sample of health workers (n = 165)

From: Assessing health workers’ revenues and coping strategies in Nigeria — a mixed-methods study

Types of additional earning

No.

Prevalencea

arrangements

practicing

 

Not practicing any additional earning arrangement

72

43.6

Private practice, after normal working hours

34

20.6

Private practice, during working hours

07

4.2

Private practice, on call service

20

12.1

Private practice, baby delivery at home

13

7.9

Non-medical business (farming and trading)

70

42.4

Other activities*

01

0.6

All with one or more additional earning arrangement(s)

93

56.4

  1. * HIV treatment and prevention project.
  2. aPrevalence is expressed as a percentage of the total sample of 165 health workers.
  3. Note: some of the respondents reported more than one of these activities.