Table 5 Groups and individuals that benefit from or are impacted by healthcare worker strikes
From: Healthcare workers’ industrial action in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey of Nigerian physicians
Description | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Groups and individuals that benefits from healthcare worker strikes | ||
No one | 26 | 47.3 |
Healthcare workers | 12 | 21.8 |
Private hospitals/practitioners | 12 | 21.8 |
Union leaders | 3 | 5.5 |
Not sure | 2 | 3.6 |
Government | 3 | 5.5 |
Patient | 1 | 1.8 |
Consultants | 1 | 1.8 |
Groups and individuals negatively impacted by healthcare worker strikes | ||
Patients | 47 | 83.9 |
Patients and their relatives | 3 | 5.4 |
General public | 6 | 10.9 |
Residents doctors | 6 | 10.9 |
Poor socio-economic class | 3 | 5.4 |
Government | 2 | 3.6 |