Table 2 Key sample demographics of village doctors (n=1,000)
From: Village doctors: a national telephone survey of Bangladesh’s lay medical practitioners
Age | |
Median (IQR) years | 40 (34-48) |
Mean (SD) | 41.6 (10.3) |
Years of practice | |
Median (IQR) years | 16 (10-23) |
Mean (SD) | 17.6 (10.1) |
Location population density | |
Median (IQR) people per square km in thousands | 1117 (923, 1332) |
Mean (SD) people per square km in thousands | 1575.3 (1957.0) |
Highest Academic qualifications, number (%) | |
Did not complete SSC | 10 (1) |
SSC completed | 309 (31) |
HSCcompleted | 430 (43) |
Bachelor | 188 (19) |
Master | 58 (6) |
Total monthly income | |
Median (IQR) Taka | 20,000 (13-30K) |
Mean (SD) Taka | 26,086 (25,730) |
Income per patient | |
Median (IQR) Taka | 234 (146-385) |
Mean (SD) Taka | 311.2 (294.0) |
Number of patients per month | |
Median (IQR) | 87 (52-128) |
Mean (SD) | 101.2 (70.1) |
Professional qualifications, number (%) | |
None | 13 (1.3) |
RMP | 770 (77) |
LMA | 518 (52) |
PC | 262 (26) |
MAT | 50 (5) |
Other | 421 (42) |
Total number of professional qualifications | |
Median (IQR) | 2.0 (1-3) |
Mean (SD) | 2.0 (0.8) |
Min - Max | 0-4 |
Ratio of referrals per patient | |
Median (IQR) | 0.29 (0.15-0.58) |
Mean (SD) | 0.48 (0.57) |
Practice site, number (%) | |
'Pharmacy', own | 798 (80) |
'Pharmacy', other | 70 (7) |
Own house | 37 (4) |
Separate chamber | 79 (8) |
Other | 229 (23) |
Equipment, number (%) | |
Stethoscope | 971 (97) |
BP Machine | 969 (97) |
wr Machine | 827 (83) |
Torch | 933 (93) |
Thermometer | 969 (97) |
Nebulizer | 662 (66) |
Glucometer | 771 (77) |
Stitching instruments | 804 (80) |
Total number of equipment | |
Median (IQR) | 7.0 (6-8) |
Mean (SD) | 7.0 (1.2) |