Assessment of anaesthesia workforce capacity in district and tehsil (taluka) hospitals in Sindh province of Pakistan: a survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our objective was to determine the current availability of human resource at secondary care hospitals in Sindh province and to identify gaps in term of appropriate number of anaesthesiologists available for delivery of safe anaesthesia care.

Design

A cross-sectional survey of anaesthesia workforce.

Setting

All district and taluka hospitals in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Participants

Administrative anaesthesia leaders in the hospitals.

Outcome measures

Standard descriptive statistics (percentages and numbers) of anaesthesia workforce in these hospitals including both full-time and part-time physician anaesthesiologists, and non-specialist physicians providing anaesthesia services as well as technician support.

Results

Only 54 (75%) h

SUBMITTER: Khuwaja A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230970 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature