Table 6.

Absolute counts and percentages of the surveyed hospitals offering the different head and neck procedures according to hospital status (public, private, and faith-based organisation owned).

Procedure	Public hospital (n = 38)	Private hospital (n = 11)	Faith-based organisation-owned hospital (n = 12)	Total (n = 61)
Fine needle aspiration cytology	6 (15.8%)	1 (9.1%)	3 (25%)	10 (16.4%)
Tonsillectomy	7 (18.4%)	8 (72.7%)	2 (16.7%)	17 (27.9%)
Adenoidectomy	7 (18.4%)	8 (72.7%)	2 (16.7%)	17 (27.9%)
Tracheostomy	16 (42.1%)	5 (45.5%)	3 (25%)	24 (39.3%)
Maxillectomy	2 (5.3%)	0	0	2 (3.3%)
Laryngectomy	1 (2.6%)	0	0	1 (1.6%)
Parotidectomy	10 (26.3%)	2 (18.2%)	1 (8.3%)	13 (21.3%)
Head and neck cancer excision	8 (21.1%)	61 (9.1%)	2 (16.7%)	11 (18.0%)
Neck dissection	6 (15.8%)	0	1 (8.3%)	7 (11.4%)
Reconstruction of defects	1 (2.6%)	0	0	1 (1.6%)