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Table 7 Median time spent by providers and distribution by cadre

From: The costs of delivering emergency care at regional referral hospitals in Uganda: a micro-costing study

 

Time Median (IQR) in minutes

Proportion of total time specialist carea

Proportion of total time nurse careb

Proportion of total time medical carec

TOTALS

15 (5–45)

2%

64%

30%

By condition

 RTI

18 (7–42)

12%

53%

35%

 PPH

23 (9–46)

0%

56%

43%

 Asthma

24.5 (10–69)

0%

61%

38%

 Pneumonia

15 (5–70)

1%

72%

26%

 Paediatric diarrhoea

8 (3–25)

0%

90%

9%

By intervention

 Would closure

39.5 (25–64)

2%

48%

39%

 Fracture reduction & splinting

42.5 (21.75–64.25)

12%

49%

23%

 Haemorrhage Control

22.5 (9.5–58.5)

0%

54%

41%

 IV fluids

20 (10.25–43.5)

1%

80%

18%

 Oral Rehydration

3 (2–5)

0%

92%

7%

 Antibiotics

14 (8–38)

0%

85%

14%

 Oxygen

15 (4–73.25)

0%

52%

45%

 Nebulisation

25 (11–63)

0%

64%

36%

 Intubationd

128 (68.5–295)

0%

46%

52%

 Analgesia

5 (1–9.25)

4%

82%

13%

 Transfusion/blood given

25 (8–45)

0%

57%

41%

 Oral or Nasal Pharyngeal Airwayd

83 (80–86)

0%

0%

92%

 Needle decompressiond

22 (16.25–25.5)

0%

0%

89%

  1. a Specialist care includes all specialists including: surgical, paediatric, obstetrics, internal medicine and other
  2. b Nurse care includes nursing students and nurses
  3. c Medical care includes interns, medical officers and clinical officers
  4. dSmall sample size, therefore results unreliable at intervention level