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