Table 2 Delivery of clinical care and clinical volumes* reported by 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Delivery of clinical CARE | |||
Work Week | |||
No. Days Worked/Week (median) | 5 | 5 | 0.882 |
No. Hours Worked/Week (median) | 41–50 | 41–50 | 0.642 |
Leave | |||
No. Annual Weeks of Vacation (median) | 4 | 4 | 0.195 |
No. Annual Weeks Conference Leave (median) | 1.5 | 2 | 0.433 |
On-Call Duties^ | |||
No. Days On-call/month (median) | 6.5 | 3 | 0.002 |
Respondents On-Call Every Night (n (%)) | 10 (35) | 193 (26) | 0.284 |
Allocation of Duties | |||
% Time on Clinical Duties (mean) | 62 | 63 | 0.756 |
% Time on Research (mean) | 14 | 14 | 0.825 |
% Time on Teaching (mean) | 13 | 9 | < 0.001 |
% Time on Administration (mean) | 13 | 14 | 0.650 |
Clinical Volumes | |||
No. Annual New Consults (median) | 325 | 175 | 0.001 |
≤ 100 N (%) | 6 (17) | 284 (26) | |
101–200 | 7 (19) | 351 (33) | |
201–300 | 4 (11) | 189 (18) | |
301–400 | 5 (14) | 62 (6) | |
401–500 | 3 (8) | 52 (5) | |
> 500 | 11 (31) | 129 (12) | |
No. Patients Seen Per Clinic Day (median) | 25 | 25 | 0.035 |
< 10 N (%) | 2 (6) | 107 (10) | |
10–20 | 12 (33) | 423 (39) | |
21–30 | 8 (22) | 322 (30) | |
31–40 | 7 (19) | 120 (11) | |
> 40 | 7 (19) | 102 (9) | |