Table 1.

Characteristics of respondents and their hospitals

		African countries	High-income countries	P-value
n		263	44
Specialty of respondent	n (%)			0.002*
Physician anaesthetist		150 (57)	35 (81.8)
Non-physician anaesthetist		92 (35)	5 (11.4)
Other physician		6 (2.3)	3 (6.8)
Other		15 (5.7)	0
Type of hospital	n (%)			0.01*
University teaching		117 (44.5)	19 (43.2)
Regional/Provincial		30 (11.4)	11 (25)
District		34 (12.9)	9 (20.5)
Private		61 (23.2)	3 (6.8)
Other		21 (8)	2 (4.6)
Size of hospital	(beds)	350 (200 to 1,000)	600 (388 to 800)	0.03*
Availability of hospital facilities	n (%)
Emergency room		225 (85.6)	43 (97.7)	0.03*
Operation theatre		260 (98.9)	44 (100)	1
Intensive care unit		194 (73.8)	44 (100)	<0.001*

*, significant group difference

Data are given as median values with interquartile ranges, if not otherwise indicated.

Comparisons were made with a Fisher's Exact or a Mann Whitney U test (size of hospital).