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Table 4 Percentage of 6082 operations in 2015 by cadre

From: The contribution of non-physician clinicians to the provision of surgery in rural Zambia—a randomised controlled trial

Hospital

Cadre (number of staff)

Surgical procedures

CS

Index

Other***

Choma*

ML(1)

23.2%

26.1%

26.7%

other(3)**

1.5%

4.9%

3.9%

MD (12)

75.3%

69.0%

69.3%

Kalene

ML (1)

39.0%

60.8%

23.1%

other(3)

0.5%

0.0%

15.8%

MD(5)

60.5%

39.2%

61.1%

St. Margaret

ML (1)

65.2%

88.9%

63.0%

other(3)

11.6%

0.0%

27.2%

MD (2)

23.2%

11.1%

9.9%

Maamba

ML (2)

40.1%

37.1%

43.5%

Other (3)

0.8%

0.7%

18.7%

MD (7)

59.1%

62.1%

37.8%

Mtendere

ML (1)

51.5%

37.5%

56.8%

MD (4)

48.5%

62.5%

43.2%

Mwinilunga

ML (1)

38.7%

29.2%

31.0%

Other (3)

0.0%

1.5%

10.0%

MD (3)

61.3%

69.2%

59.0%

Serenje

ML (1)

49.7%

69.2%

73.8%

Other (2)

0.0%

0.0%

10.7%

MD (2)

50.3%

30.8%

15.5%

Siavonga

ML (1)

41.1%

76.2%

48.2%

MD(2)

58.9%

23.8%

51.8%

Total

ML

40.6%

39.7%

38.9%

Other

1.0%

1.8%

10.9%

MD

58.4%

58.5%

50.1%

  1. *Difference not statistically significant (P = 0.155)
  2. **Other cadres: surgically active clinical officers and theatre nurses
  3. ***Other procedures: foreign body removal, debridement/sloughectomy, circumcision, other major and minor obstetric procedures (unclassified), suturing, cataract removal, other major disability preventive procedures and other major injury-related procedures