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Table 2 Bellwether procedures the evaluated health facilities performed, September 2020 to May 2021, Ethiopia

From: Access to surgical care in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional retrospective data review

Level of health care facilities

aBellwether surgical procedures performed in a 90-day interval

Caesarean section

N (%)

Laparotomy

N (%)

Open fracture management

N (%)

Total bellwether surgical procedures

Number (%)

Health centre OR blocks

1,037 (3.8)

1 (0.0)

0 (0)

1,038 (3.1)

Primary hospital

3,770 (13.8)

444 (13.4)

14 (0.6)

4,228 (12.8)

General hospital

7,706 (28.1)

1,036 (31.3)

392 (16.6)

9,134 (27.6)

Specialized hospital

12,673 (46.3)

1,128 (34.0)

1,162 (49.4)

14,963(45.3)

Private hospital

2,198 (8.0)

706 (21.3)

785 (33.4)

3,689 (11.2)

Total

27,384

3,315

2,353

33,052 (100)

  1. This table shows the number of Bellwether surgical procedures that were performed in a 90-day interval from September 2020 to May 2021, disaggregated by level of health care facilities, Ethiopia
  2. aBellwether surgical procedures are subsets of major surgical procedures