Table 1

Clinicians and patients participating in ethnography


HI
HII
Type of hospital
Mission designated
Government
Malaria transmission intensity
Low
High

Clinicians
% of 21 participating clinicians
% of 13 participating clinicians
Age group


     40 + years
66.7
30.8
Sex


     Male
66.7
76.9
Medical qualification


     MO
4.8
0
     AMO
19.0
7.7
     CO
76.2
92.3
Year of graduation (most recent qualification)


     Since 2000
38.1
61.5
Number of years worked at hospital


     <2 years
33.3
53.8
     3–9 years
22.2
30.8
     10+ years
44.5
15.4
Employer


     Government/District
71.4
100.0
     Mission
28.6
0.0
Number of in-service training seminars attended in last 12 months


     1 or none
25.0
38.5
     2 or more
75.0
61.5
Originate from area around hospital
50.0
15.4

Patients
% of 673 patients
% of 1,409 patients
Age under 5
47.4
81.0
Outpatient consultations
73.0
83.9

Chandler et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:53   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-53