Perioperative capacity and contextual challenges in teaching hospitals of southern Ethiopia: explanatory sequential mixed-methods research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous Ethiopian literature on surgical capacity and challenges has focused on quantitative investigations, lacking contextual understanding. This explanatory sequential mixed-methods research (MMR) aimed to assess perioperative capacity and contextual challenges at three teaching hospitals in southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A quantitative survey assessed workforce, infrastructure, service delivery, financing, and information systems. The survey findings were explained by qualitative semi-structured interviews of twenty perioperative providers. Descriptive statistics were integrated with qualitative thematic analysis findings using the narrative waving approach. Key findings from both datasets were linked using a joint display table.

Results

The survey reveale

SUBMITTER: Mulugeta H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11193207 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature