Table 1.

Composition of the survey sample

Type of staff		All hospitals N = 237	Hospital A N = 77	Hospital B N = 46	Hospital C N = 70	Hospital D N = 44
Support staff		36 (15%)	10 (13%)	8 (17%)	12 (17%)	6 (14%)
Clinical staff	Allied health professional	27 (11%)	6 (8%)	5 (11%)	8 (11%)	8 (18%)
	Enrolled Nurse/Midwife	74 (31%)	23 (30%)	14 (30%)	19 (27%)	18 (41%)
	Doctor	8 (3%)	3 (4%)	2 (4%)	1 (1%)	2 (5%)
	Nursing assistant	70 (30%)	28 (36%)	11 (24%)	24 (34%)	7 (16%)
	Registered Nurse/Midwife	22 (9%)	7 (9%)	6 (13%)	6 (9%)	3 (7%)
	Sample of clinical staff as percentage of total number of clinical staff in hospital		65%*	46%	39%	35%

Allied health professionals = clinical officers, laboratory assistants, pharmacy assistants etc.

* The percentage of staff in hospital A participating in the study is higher than in the other hospitals. This is probably due to better mobilization of staff by management compared to the other hospitals.