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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents and their hospitals

From: Availability of critical care resources to treat patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in Africa: a self-reported, continent-wide survey of anaesthesia providers

  

African countries

High-income countries

P-value

n

 

263

44

 

Specialty of respondent

n (%)

  

0.002*

Physician anaesthetist

 

150 (57)

35 (81.8)

 

Non-physician anaesthetist

 

92 (35)

5 (11.4)

 

Other physician

 

6 (2.3)

3 (6.8)

 

Other

 

15 (5.7)

0

 

Type of hospital

n (%)

  

0.01*

University teaching

 

117 (44.5)

19 (43.2)

 

Regional/Provincial

 

30 (11.4)

11 (25)

 

District

 

34 (12.9)

9 (20.5)

 

Private

 

61 (23.2)

3 (6.8)

 

Other

 

21 (8)

2 (4.6)

 

Size of hospital

(beds)

350 (200 to 1,000)

600 (388 to 800)

0.03*

Availability of hospital facilities

n (%)

   

Emergency room

 

225 (85.6)

43 (97.7)

0.03*

Operation theatre

 

260 (98.9)

44 (100)

1

Intensive care unit

 

194 (73.8)

44 (100)

<0.001*

  1. *, significant group difference
  2. Data are given as median values with interquartile ranges, if not otherwise indicated.
  3. Comparisons were made with a Fisher's Exact or a Mann Whitney U test (size of hospital).