Table 1.
Characteristics of units and staff informants.
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| HDUs | ICUs | |
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| Unit characteristics | ||
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| n | 4 | 4 |
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| District hospital n (%) | 3 (75%) | 0 |
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| Central hospital n (%) | 1 (25%) | 4 (100%) |
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| Total beds n | 14 | 20 |
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| Beds per unit median (range) | 4 (2 to 4) | 4 (4 to 8) |
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| Patient types admitted | ||
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| Medical adult n (%) | 4 (100%) | 4 (100%) |
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| Medical pediatric n (%) | 4 (100%) | 4 (100%) |
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| Surgical adult n (%) | 3 (75%) | 4 (100%) |
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| Trauma adult n (%) | 3 (75%) | 3 (75%) |
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| Trauma pediatric n (%) | 3 (75%) | 3 (75%) |
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| Obstetrics n (%) | 3 (75%) | 4 (100%) |
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| Gynecological n (%) | 3 (75%) | 4 (100%) |
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| Staff informant characteristics | ||
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| n | 11* | 12 |
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| Nurse n (%) | 6 (55%) | 7 (58%) |
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| Clinical officer n (%) | 5 (45%) | 2 (17%) |
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| Doctor n (%) | 0 | 3 (25%) |
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| Days per week working on unit median (IQR) | 5.0 (4.0 to 5.0) | 5.0 (5.0 to 5.0) |
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IQR: Interquartile range.
*One HDU had only two informants.