Table 2 Infrastructure distribution according to levels of care and status of hospitals in Zambia
From: Africa’s challenged ENT services: highlighting challenges in Zambia
FLH (n = 31) | SLH (n = 17) | TLH (n = 5) | Public (n = 38) | Private (n = 11) | FBO owned (n = 12) | Unclassified by respondents n = 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ENT examination room | 8.6% n = 3 | 11.8% n = 2 | 60% n = 3 | 13.2% n = 5 | 27.3% n = 3 | 8.3% n = 1 | 2.9% n = 1 |
Operating theatre | 94.3% n = 33 | 100% n = 17 | 100% n = 5 | 94.7% n = 36 | 100% n = 11 | 83.3% n = 10 | 100% n = 4 |
Audiology booth | 2.9% n = 1 | 5.9% n = 1 | 40% n = 2 | 5.3% n = 2 | 9.1% n = 1 | 8.3% n = 1 | 0 |
Speech therapy room | 2.9% n = 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3% n = 1 | 0 |
Intensive/critical care facility | 20% n = 7 | 64.7% n = 11 | 80% n = 4 | 31.6% n = 12 | 45.5% n = 5 | 50% n = 5 | 2.9% n = 1 |
High Dependency (care) facility | 17.1% n = 6 | 47.1% n = 8 | 80% n = 4 | 31.6% n = 12 | 27.3% n = 3 | 33.3% n = 4 | 2.9% n = 1 |