Table 2 Distribution of health workers in urban district hospitals and rural regional and district hospitals, Burkina Faso, 2007
Health workers category | Urban district hospitals N = 5 | Rural regional and district hospitals N = 47 | P (for medians) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Minimum | Maximum | ||
Physicians | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.511 |
Midwives | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0.039 |
Surgical assistants | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.060 |
Anaesthesiologist assistants | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.001 |
Auxiliary midwives | 10 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0.060 |