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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of community service training

From: Placement, support, and retention of health professionals: national, cross-sectional findings from medical and dental community service officers in South Africa

Characteristics

Number

Percentage

Community service training characteristics

Placement (n = 677)

  Urban

305

45%

  Rural

372

55%

Level of facility (n = 672)

  Specialized hospital

12

3%

  Central/Tertiary hospital

72

18%

  Regional hospital

104

26%

  District hospital

156

39%

  Military hospital/Sick bay

16

4%

  Community health centre/Clinic

40

10%

Province (n = 682)

  

  Eastern Cape

72

18%

  Free State

12

3%

  Gauteng

44

11%

  KwaZulu-Natal

96

24%

  Mpumalanga

28

7%

  Northern Cape

40

10%

  Limpopo

20

5%

  North West

8

2%

  Western Cape

81

20%

Allocation choice (n = 672)

  

  First choice

368

55%

  Second to fifth choice

187

28%

  Sixth to ninth choice

71

11%

  Tenth choice

46

7%