Table 2.
Number of providers sampled and those eventually recruited by cadre and facility
| Facility | Cadres of participants recruited |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampled providers | Consultant Physiciana | Medical Officea | Assistant Medical Officera | Clinical Officera | Nursing Officerb | Medical Attendantb | Total recruited | |
| Referral | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 6c |
| District | 10 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | 5 |
| Health centre | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Dispensary | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
a
Consultant physician, Medical doctors, Assistant medical officers and a clinical officers are all clinicians which means a health worker with medical training.
b
A nursing staff member, who performs nursing duties. A medical attendant is like a nurse assistant.
c
All (n = 6) providers assigned to the diabetes clinic of the referral hospital were interviewed.