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Table 5 Leadership of the health institutions, rating and suggested ways of improvement

From: Industrial action by healthcare workers in Nigeria in 2013–2015: an inquiry into causes, consequences and control—a cross-sectional descriptive study

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Number

Percent

Rating of hospital leadership/management

 

Rating

  

1

 Excellent

3

2.0

2

 Very good

36

24.0

3

 Good

101

67.3

4

 Average

10

6.7

 

Total

150

100

How can health leadership be improved

 

Improvement method

  

1

 Periodic evaluation

129

86.0

2

 More training

126

84.0

3

 In-service management/leadership training

123

82.0

4

 Open to all health workers

39

26.0

5

 Pre-service courses

14

9.3

Most Important of all the improvement methods

 

Most important improvement method

  

1

 Periodic evaluation

74

49.3

2

 More trainings

32

21.3

3

 In-service management/leadership training

28

18.7

4

 Open to all health workers

8

5.3

5

 No comments

8

5.3

Who should be the head of the hospital

 

Who should be the head

  
 

 Doctors

82

54.67

 

 Any professional

40

26.67

 

 Health administrator

28

18.67

 

Total

150

100