Table 2.

Professional and work area characteristics of healthcare professionals in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 390).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent (%)
Place of work	Tirunesh Dibaba Hospital	77	19.7
	Minilik Hospital	76	19.5
	Mehetem Gandhi Hospital	25	6.4
	Yekatit 12 Hospital	58	14.9
	Zewditu Hospital	78	20.0
	Ras Desta Hospital	76	19.5
Profession	Nurse	152	39.0
	Midwifery	47	12.1
	MD/GP	100	25.6
	MLT	6	1.5
	Public Health	45	11.5
	Pharmacy	32	8.2
	Anesthetics	4	1.0
	Radiology	2	0.5
	Others*	2	0.5
Work experience (in years)?	<10	250	64.1
	>10	140	35.9
Expertise of staff	Academic staff only	56	14.4
	Academic staffs working on university hospital	111	28.5
	Clinical staff only	219	56.2
	Health Office Staffs	4	1.0
Working or unit of work (current role)	Triage	19	4.8
	Emergency room	38	9.7
	OPD	36	9.2
	Laboratory room	14	3.5
	Ward	64	16.4
	OR	14	3.5
	Non-clinical area	84	21.5
	Dispensary	21	5.3

*Ophthalmology, dentistry.