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Table 4 Health care personnel staffing, by health facility level

From: Capacity of Ugandan public sector health facilities to prevent and control non-communicable diseases: an assessment based upon WHO-PEN standards

Personnel Type

Regional Referral Hospitals (N = 13)

General Hospitals (N = 26)

Health Center IVs (N = 14)

No. reporting at least 1 staff member of this cadre n (%)

Mean no. of members (±SD)

No. reporting at least 1 staff member of this cadre n (%)

Mean no. of members (±SD)

No. reporting at least 1 staff member of this cadre n (%)

Mean no. of members (±SD)

General Practitioners

 Family physician

3 (23.1)

1.7 (± 1.2)

3 (11.5)

1.0 (± 0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

 Medical officer

10 (76.9)

5.3 (± 4.3)

23 (88.4)

3.4 (±1.9)

11 (78.6)

1.2 (±0.7)

 Clinical officer

13 (100.0)

10.6 (± 3.9)

23 (88.4)

6.0 (±3.1)

11 (78.6)

1.2 (±1.3)

Specialist Physicians

 Cardiologist

1 (7.7)

1.0 (± 0.0)

1 (3.8)

5.0 (± 0.0)

3 (21.4)

1.7 (±0.6)

 Endocrinologist/diabetologist

1 (7.7)

1.0 (± 0.0)

1 (3.8)

2.0 (± 0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

 Neurologist

0 (0.0)

–

1 (3.8)

1.0 (± 0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

 Oncologist

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

–

 Pathologist

1 (7.7)

1.0 (± 0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

–

 Psychiatrist

1 (7.7)

1.0 (± 0.0)

2 (7.7)

1.0 (± 0.0)

3 (21.4)

1.0 (± 0.0)

 Pulmonologist

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

–

 Radiologist

6 (46.2)

1.8 (± 1.3)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

–

Nurse

 Nurse - general

10 (76.9)

47.8 (± 22.2)

22 (84.6)

33.2 (±15.8)

13 (92.9)

5.4 (±1.7)

 Nurse - diabetic

4 (30.8)

3.0 (± 1.0)

7 (26.9)

1.4 (±0.8)

2 (14.3)

2.5 (±2.1)

 Nurse - psychiatric

9 (69.2)

3.9 (± 3.3)

20 (76.9)

1.6 (±0.9)

8 (57.1)

1.8 (±0.5)

Other

 Community health worker

7 (53.8)

2.6 (± 0.9)

7 (26.9)

5.3 (±6.6)

2 (14.3)

1.9 (± 2.1)

 NCD Counselor

0 (0.0)

–

1 (3.8)

2.0 (± 0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

 Foot care specialist

1 (7.7)

1.0 (± 0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

–

 Social worker

6 (46.2)

1.6 (± 0.9)

11 (42.3)

1.1 (±0.3)

0 (0.0)

–

 Diabetes educator

1 (7.7)

1.0 (± 0.0)

1 (3.8)

6.0 (± 0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

 Nutritionist

8 (61.5)

1.3 (± 0.5)

8 (30.8)

1.1 (± 0.35)

0 (0.0)

–