Table 1 Health Provider (respondent) characteristics by location (urban, rural and mixed) and type of facility

Years of experience of respondent

    0–9

0 (0)

2 (15.4)

12 (27.3)

14 (20.9)

0.06

    10–19

1 (10)

2 (15.4)

12 (27.3)

15 (22.4)

    20–29

6 (60)

7 (53.9)

12 (27.3)

25 (37.3)

    More than 30 years

3 (30)

1 (7.7)

2 (4.6)

6 (9)

    Missing

0 (0)

1 (7.7)

6 (13.6)

7 (10.5)

Profession/type of respondent

    FD

7 (70)

9 (69.2)

37 (84.1)

53 (79.1)

0.17

    Manager

3 (30)

3 (23.1)

3 (6.8)

9 (13.4)

    Team

0 (0)

1 (7.7)

4 (9.1)

5 (7.5)

N. of staff

    Mean n. of FDs + FD trainees

57.2

14.3

3.2

13.6

0.000

    SD

44.5

7.01

2.46

25.5

    Mean n. of FTEs

63.6

23

4.8

16.6

0.000

    SD

52.8

13.2

5.3

3.64

Payment of staff

    Mean n. of paid Staff

318.8

125.4

24.6

84.5

0.000

    SD

270.2

54.8

27.7

17.6

Population covered or registered in facility

    Mean n. of patients registered or population served

68,348

27,005

6,378

19,611

0.000

    SD

18,732.8

3117.8

860.5

388.3

Population served by 1 FD

    Mean n. of Patients per FD

1,449

2,013

2,051

1,952

0.000

    SD

197.6

178.1

112.1

89.3

Quartiles of n. of patients per FD

    Q1 < 1533

5 (50)

2 (15.4)

9 (20.5)

16 (23.9)

0.287

    Q2 1533–1835

3 (30)

4 (30.8)

10 (22.7)

17 (25.4)

    Q3 1835–2260

2 (20)

4 (30.8)

11 (25)

17 (25.4)

    Q4 > 2260

0 (0)

3 (23.1)

14 (31.8)

17 (25.4)