Table 1 Demographics and clinical practice setting of respondents from Africa and other countries to a global medical oncology workload survey (n = 1115)
From: Cancer care workforce in Africa: perspectives from a global survey
Africa N = 36 | Other Countries N = 1079 | P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | |||
Demographics | |||
Sex | |||
Male | 26 (72) | 621 (58) | 0.085 |
Female | 10 (28) | 453 (42) | |
Age (median) | 51 | 44 | 0.007 |
World bank country income level | |||
High-income | 0 (0) | 782 (73) | < 0.001 |
Upper-middle income | 7 (19) | 179 (17) | |
Low- and low-middle income | 29 (81) | 118 (11) | |
Years in practice (median) | 13 | 10 | 0.209 |
Specialty | |||
Medical Oncologist | 8 (22) | 890 (83) | < 0.001 |
Clinical Oncologist | 20 (56) | 92 (9) | |
Pediatric Oncologist | 1 (3) | 10 (1) | |
Hematologist | 5 (14) | 44 (4) | |
Other^ | 2 (6) | 43 (5) | |
Years of post-graduate training (median) | 6 | 6 | 0.147 |
Completed training in Home country | |||
Yes | 18 (50) | 979 (91) | < 0.001 |
No | 18 (50) | 91 (8) | |
No response | 1 (2) | 9 (1) | |
Clinical Practice Setting | |||
System | |||
Public | 19 (53) | 714 (66) | 0.037 |
Private | 4 (11) | 160 (15) | |
Both | 13 (36) | 204 (19) | |
Setting | |||
Hospital In-Patient | 30 (52) | 552 (76) | < 0.001 |
Hospital Outpatient | 54 (93) | 649 (90) | 0.502 |
Other Outpatient | 7 (12) | 57 (8) | 0.262 |
Hospital type | |||
General Hospital | 17 (47) | 707 (66) | 0.048 |
Cancer Hospital | 19 (53) | 360 (33) | |
Not in hospital setting | 0 | 3 (0) | |
Radiotherapy on Site | |||
Yes | 26 (72) | 894 (83) | 0.149 |
No | 10 (28) | 173 (16) | |
Palliative Care on Site | |||
Yes | 27 (75) | 896 (83) | 0.289 |
No | 9 (25) | 171 (16) | |
Chemotherapy Pharmacist on Site | |||
Yes | 26 (72) | 895 (83) | 0.137 |
No | 10 (28) | 171 (16) | |
Training Program in Center | |||
Yes | 24 (67) | 799 (74) | 0.322 |
No | 12 (33) | 280 (26) | |
Supervise trainees | |||
Yes | 30 (83) | 913 (85) | 0.834 |
No | 6 (17) | 166 (15) | |
EMR | |||
Yes | 8 (22) | 894 (83) | < 0.001 |
No | 28 (78) | 178 (17) | |
Clinic notes ῲ | |||
Dictated | 4 (11) | 359 (33) | 0.005 |
Hand-Written | 34 (94) | 363 (34) | < 0.001 |
Typed | 6 (17) | 630 (58) | < 0.001 |
Service Extenders ῲ | |||
Nurse | 30 (83) | 788 (73) | 0.169 |
Nurse practitioner | 18 (50) | 547 (51) | 0.935 |
Medical Students | 13 (36) | 307 (29) | 0.318 |
Residents | 27 (75) | 661 (61) | 0.095 |
Other Physicians | 12 (33) | 291 (27) | 0.398 |