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Table 5 Index on availability of providers by shift of a day in the study facilities

From: A newly developed tool for measuring the availability of human resources for emergency obstetric and newborn care services: prospective analytic study in two district-level public facilities in Bangladesh

Type of providers

Index (%) on availability of providers by facility by shift of a day

Morning

Evening

Night

Day average

District hospital

 Medical doctors

  Obstetrics/gynecology ward

83.3

21.7

16.7

40.6

  Pediatric ward

86.7

0.0

0.0

28.9

  Emergency department

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

  Anesthesia department

68.3

11.7

1.7

27.2

  Pathology department

90.0

0.0

0.0

30.0

 Nurses

  Obstetrics/gynecology ward

98.9

98.3

90.0

95.8

  Pediatric ward

64.4

61.7

70.0

65.4

  Operation theatre

86.7

6.7

0.0

31.1

 Other technical and support staff

  Medical Technologist

96.7

83.3

73.3

84.4

  Ward boy/MLSS/Aya/Peon

100.0

100.0

90.0

96.7

Mother and child welfare centre (MCWC)

 Medical doctors

  Obstetrics/gynecology ward

58.3

28.3

8.3

31.7

  Anesthesia department

68.3

31.7

8.3

36.1

 FWVs/ANA/Dai Nurse

  Obstetrics/gynecology ward

96.7

95.6

83.3

82.4

  Operation theatre

90.0

43.3

56.7

63.3

  Other support staff

    

  Ward boy/MLSS/Aya/Peon

100.0

86.7

95.0

93.9

  1. FWV=Family welfare visitor, ANA = Assistant nursing attendant, MLSS = Member of lower subordinate staff