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. 2014 May 6;9(5):e82518. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082518

Table 3. Task-sharing: percentage of providers reporting that secondary providers complete certain clinical tasks in the VMMC operating theater, by year and by country.

Tasks completed by secondary provider Kenya South Africa Tanzania Zimbabwe
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
n = 85 n = 82 n = 105 n = 209 n = 93 n = 206 n = 74 n = 94
Administered local anesthesia 79.2* 58.5* 98.0 96.2 96.8 99.5 77.0** 98.9**
(70.5–87.8) (47.8–69.2) (95.3–100) (93.6–98.8) (93.2–100) (98.54–100) (67.4–86.6) (96.8–100)
Completed suturing of skin after primary provider removed the foreskin and achieved hemostasis 55.3 61.0 95.2 96.7 100.0 100.0 68.9** 90.4**
(44.7–65.9)1 (50.4–71.6) (91.1–99.3) (94.3–99.1) (100–100) (100–100) (58.4–79.45) (84.4–96.4)
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95% confidence intervals;

*p value (of difference between years) <0.05;

**p value (of difference between years) <0.001. Countries differed significantly (p<.001) on both variables.