Table 1. Ratio of healthcare providers to patients measured as the number of providers per 100 patients according to service site.
Site | Physician-patient ratio | Nurse-patient ratio | Clinical officer-patient ratio | Field officer-patient ratio | All healthcare providers-patient ratio |
Entebbe | 0.70 | 1.20 | 0.12 | 0.45 | 2.48 |
Gulu | 1.02 | 1.75 | 0.23 | 0.65 | 4.57 |
Jinja | 1.00 | 1.66 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 3.26 |
Masaka | 1.77 | 2.16 | 0.10 | 0.39 | 4.83 |
Mbale | 0.61 | 1.33 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 2.88 |
Mbarara | 1.07 | 1.69 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 3.54 |
Masindi | 0.22 | 1.51 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 3.09 |
Mulago | 1.36 | 1.55 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 3.89 |
Soroti | 0.99 | 1.34 | 0.16 | 0.53 | 3.68 |
Tororo | 0.69 | 1.70 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 4.19 |
Overall | 0.94 | 1.59 | 0.16 | 0.38 | 3.64 |