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. 2011 Jan 17;6(1):e16279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016279

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