Table 1 Health professionals' judgement of the role of TCs in various parameters.
Number interviewed | Their role is important | Role more important for maternal care | Provide life saving skills | Alleviate competition for scarce resources | Provide surgical emergency to a vast geographical area | Have a key role in rural hospitals | Replace the medical doctor (surgeon) | Contribute to surgical care provision at 3rd and 4th level | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Doctors | 31 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
Provincial Managers | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
District Level | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Specialists in central & prov. hosp. | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Specialists in Maputo City | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Specialists at Maputo Central Hosp. | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
MCH Nurses | 18 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
District Level | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
Provincial Managers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Chief nurses | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Theatre room team | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
District health directors | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Total | 71 | 64 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 |