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Table 2 Availability and workload of BEmOC and CEmOC qualified staff at facility level according to public-private mix, levels of services and urban rural contexts

From: Human resources for emergency obstetric care in northern Tanzania: distribution of quantity or quality?

  

Available qualified staff

Average qualified staff per facility

  
 

Number of facilities

BEmOC

CEmOC

BEmOC

CEmOC

Facility deliveries per qualified BEmOC staff (workload)

Percentage CEmOC staff of BEmOC staff

Public-private mix

       

   Private for-profit

11

50

5

4.5

0.45

6.6

10.0

   Voluntary agencies

41

576

36

14.0

0.87

17.1

6.3

   Government

73

597

37

8.2

0.51

41.1

6.2

Level of services

       

   Dispensaries

93

174

0

1.9 (2)a

0.0

27.9

0.0

   Health centres

18

131

0

7.3 (4)a

0.0

38.4

0.0

   First referral hospitals

15

479

38

31.9

2.53

20.3

7.9

   Secondary referral hospitals

3

439

40

146.3

13.3

34.5

9.1

Urban-rural context

       

   Urban (2 districts)

20

639

54

16.0

1.35

31.5

8.5

   Rural (4 districts)

109

584

24

1.3

0.06

25.0

4.1

Total

129

1223

78

9.5

0.60

27.2

6.1

  1. a Tanzanian national guidelines target