Table 4.
Percentage of 6082 operations in 2015 by cadre
| Hospital | Cadre (number of staff) | Surgical procedures | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS | Index | Other*** | ||
| Choma* | ML(1) | 23.2% | 26.1% | 26.7% |
| other(3)** | 1.5% | 4.9% | 3.9% | |
| MD (12) | 75.3% | 69.0% | 69.3% | |
| Kalene | ML (1) | 39.0% | 60.8% | 23.1% |
| other(3) | 0.5% | 0.0% | 15.8% | |
| MD(5) | 60.5% | 39.2% | 61.1% | |
| St. Margaret | ML (1) | 65.2% | 88.9% | 63.0% |
| other(3) | 11.6% | 0.0% | 27.2% | |
| MD (2) | 23.2% | 11.1% | 9.9% | |
| Maamba | ML (2) | 40.1% | 37.1% | 43.5% |
| Other (3) | 0.8% | 0.7% | 18.7% | |
| MD (7) | 59.1% | 62.1% | 37.8% | |
| Mtendere | ML (1) | 51.5% | 37.5% | 56.8% |
| MD (4) | 48.5% | 62.5% | 43.2% | |
| Mwinilunga | ML (1) | 38.7% | 29.2% | 31.0% |
| Other (3) | 0.0% | 1.5% | 10.0% | |
| MD (3) | 61.3% | 69.2% | 59.0% | |
| Serenje | ML (1) | 49.7% | 69.2% | 73.8% |
| Other (2) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.7% | |
| MD (2) | 50.3% | 30.8% | 15.5% | |
| Siavonga | ML (1) | 41.1% | 76.2% | 48.2% |
| MD(2) | 58.9% | 23.8% | 51.8% | |
| Total | ML | 40.6% | 39.7% | 38.9% |
| Other | 1.0% | 1.8% | 10.9% | |
| MD | 58.4% | 58.5% | 50.1% | |
*Difference not statistically significant (P = 0.155)
**Other cadres: surgically active clinical officers and theatre nurses
***Other procedures: foreign body removal, debridement/sloughectomy, circumcision, other major and minor obstetric procedures (unclassified), suturing, cataract removal, other major disability preventive procedures and other major injury-related procedures