Table 2. Distribution of physicians, nurses and hospital beds in selected years at Botswana health districts.

	Physician density			Nurse density			Hospital bed density
District name	2006	2009	2013	2006	2009	2013	2006	2009	2013
Bobirwa	0.9	1	1.4	18.4	20.4	17.6	16.7	16.1	20.2
Boteti	1.7	3.3	3.3	26.3	39.2	27.2	29.1	27.7	32.1
Chobe	3.5	4.2	4.3	60	43	37.9	20.9	19.6	20.8
Francistown	8.6	17.4	16.5	46.1	15.7	46.3	59.7	58.8	66.8
Gaborone	10.5	6.8	8.1	52.4	44.7	67.4	31.5	29.2	31.7
Gantsi	1.9	1.5	2	18.3	38.3	51	30.8	31.4	32.5
GoodHope	0.8	1.4	2	16.8	22.5	21.7	12	12.2	14.3
Jwaneng	7.8	9	10.5	94.3	69.2	55	55.2	52.9	60.3
Kgalagadi	2.4	3	3	17.1	29.9	44.2	21.2	21.7	25.4
Kgalagadi North	1.1	3.7	4.7	56.2	50.3	55.4	36.4	33.9	36.1
Kgatleng	1	2.9	2.6	18.4	28.3	32.2	20.1	18.9	20.5
Kweneng East	1.2	1.6	1.9	21.4	21.3	23.3	11.1	17.3	17.3
Kweneng West	1.1	1.7	2.6	15.2	20.8	19.3	14.3	14.3	16.4
Lobatse	4.9	7.8	10.8	94.9	134.8	116	88.9	102.3	141.8
Mabutsane	0.9	3.3	3.5	18.2	30.2	32.3	9.6	16.3	16.9
Mahalapye	1.4	2.2	2.4	21.9	31.6	25.9	13.8	21.9	27.4
Masunga	1.7	2.4	2.7	23.8	29.9	36.7	16.3	16.6	18.4
Ngamiland	1.5	2.7	3.1	24.4	32.7	41.3	24.2	24.4	26.5
Okavango	1	1.3	1.9	19	23.2	31	11.7	13	14.9
Selibe-Phikwe	2	1.7	2.9	30.9	15.4	51	45.1	17.5	23.9
Serowe/Palapye	1.1	1.9	1.7	12.1	28.4	16.5	5.9	18.2	20.9
South East	2.4	3	2.6	35.7	27.5	31.1	23.1	21.5	20.8
Southern	0.7	1.4	2.2	14.2	18.8	28.6	16	15	17.9
Tutume	0.6	1.6	1.9	9.5	15.3	16.9	9.8	9.8	11.1
National mean	2.5	3.6	4.1	31.9	34.6	38.6	26.0	26.3	30.6
National median	1.5	2.6	2.7	21.7	29.2	32.3	20.5	19.3	20.9

Densities are calculated for every 10,000 people in the district in that year. Data Sources: 2006 and 2009 from The Botswana Central Statistics Office, 2013 data was collected by the study team.