Table 2.
Capacity of the health system in responses to epidemics (range 0 -10)
| Sufficiency of health professionals |
Sufficiency of administrative and logistics staff |
Sufficiency equipment and facilities |
General capacity of health professionals |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean |
SD |
P-value |
Mean |
SD |
P-value |
Mean |
SD |
P-value |
Mean |
SD |
P-value |
|
|
Total |
6.6 |
2.2 |
6.6 |
2.2 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
6.8 |
2.2 |
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Subject: | ||||||||||||
| Health professionals |
6.4 |
2.1 |
<0.01 |
6.7 |
2.4 |
0.13 |
5.8 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.3 |
2.0 |
<0.01 |
| Medical students |
6.7 |
2.3 |
6.6 |
2.2 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
2.2 |
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Specialization: | ||||||||||||
| Medical specialist |
6.6 |
2.3 |
0.85 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
0.53 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
0.05 |
6.8 |
2.2 |
0.25 |
| General doctor |
6.6 |
2.2 |
6.6 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
2.1 |
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| Pharmacist |
6.7 |
2.2 |
6.6 |
2.1 |
6.2 |
2.2 |
6.8 |
2.2 |
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| Others |
6.6 |
2.3 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
6.4 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
2.2 |
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Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male |
6.6 |
2.3 |
0.66 |
6.6 |
2.2 |
0.66 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
0.35 |
6.8 |
2.2 |
0.05 |
| Female |
6.6 |
2.2 |
6.6 |
2.2 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
2.1 |
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Marital status: | ||||||||||||
| Single |
6.6 |
2.3 |
0.19 |
6.6 |
2.2 |
0.01 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
<0.01 |
6.9 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
| Living with spouse |
6.5 |
2.1 |
6.9 |
2.3 |
6.0 |
2.1 |
6.4 |
1.9 |
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| Others |
6.3 |
2.4 |
6.3 |
2.5 |
5.9 |
2.4 |
6.6 |
2.4 |
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Health system levels: | ||||||||||||
| Central |
6.7 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.7 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.3 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.8 |
2.1 |
<0.01 |
| Provincial |
6.5 |
2.3 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
6.7 |
2.2 |
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| District |
6.1 |
2.2 |
6.3 |
2.6 |
5.5 |
2.3 |
5.9 |
2.1 |
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| College/University |
6.7 |
2.2 |
6.7 |
2.2 |
6.4 |
2.2 |
7.0 |
2.1 |
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Participated in community activities: | ||||||||||||
| Yes |
6.7 |
2.2 |
0.30 |
6.7 |
2.2 |
0.01 |
6.3 |
2.2 |
0.26 |
6.9 |
2.1 |
0.86 |
| No |
6.6 |
2.3 |
6.6 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
6.8 |
2.2 |
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Living area: | ||||||||||||
| Urban |
6.7 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.7 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.4 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.9 |
2.1 |
<0.01 |
| Rural |
6.2 |
2.2 |
6.4 |
2.3 |
5.9 |
2.3 |
6.4 |
2.2 |
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Region: | ||||||||||||
| Northern |
6.7 |
2.2 |
0.11 |
6.9 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.4 |
2.3 |
<0.01 |
6.9 |
2.1 |
<0.01 |
| Central |
6.5 |
2.1 |
6.6 |
2.2 |
5.9 |
2.2 |
6.5 |
2.1 |
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| South |
6.6 |
2.3 |
6.6 |
2.2 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
2.2 |
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Age group (years): | ||||||||||||
| Under 25 |
6.7 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.7 |
2.2 |
0.26 |
6.4 |
2.2 |
<0.01 |
6.9 |
2.1 |
<0.01 |
| 25 and above | 6.4 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | ||||
SD – tandard deviation