From: Access to surgical care in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional retrospective data review
Health care facilities level | Number of available surgical workforces in a 90-day interval | |||||
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Surgeons (General, neurosurgeons, and orthopaedic surgeons) N (%) | Anaesthesiologists or anaesthesia care providers N (%) | Obstetrician N (%) | IESO N (%) | Nurse anaesthetists N (%) | Total N | |
Health center OR block | 0 (0%) | 19 (25.12%) | 0 | 18 (5.44%) | 2 (0.85%) | 39 (1.7%) |
Primary hospital | 47 (7.2%) | 126 (16.7%) | 16 (4.79%) | 194 (58.6%) | 79 (33.47%) | 462 (19.9%) |
Generalized hospital | 123 (18.7%) | 157 (20.82%) | 76 (22.75%) | 100 (30.2%) | 94 (39.8%) | 550 (23.8%) |
Specialized hospital | 336 (51.14%) | 364 (48.27%) | 165 (49.4%) | 10 (3.02%) | 14 (5.93%) | 889 (38.5%) |
Private hospital | 151 (22.98%) | 88 (11.67%) | 77 (23.05%) | 9 (2.7%) | 47 (19.9%) | 372 (16.1%) |
Total | 657 (100%) | 754 (100%) | 334 (100%) | 331 (100%) | 236 (100%) | 2,312 (100%) |