Table 2 Worker rate distribution involved in information exchanges carried out by FHT workers
From: Shared practices among primary health care workers: A time-motion study
Category | Doctor | Nurse | Nursing assistant | Dentist | Oral Health Assistant | Oral Health Technician | Community Health Agent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | N | % | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Doctor | 101 | 22.5 | 514 | 11 | 3.7 | 15.4 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 41 | 12.9 |
Nurse | 235 | 52.3 | 377 | 27 | 9.0 | 26.4 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3.1 | 74 | 23.3 |
Nursing assistant | 45 | 10.0 | 382 | 12 | 4.0 | 44.4 | 12 | 4.0 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.1 | 35 | 11.0 |
Dentist | 1 | 0.2 | 10 | 58 | 19.3 | 0.9 | 58 | 19.3 | 38 | 57.6 | 88 | 55.3 | 14 | 4.4 |
Oral Health Assistant | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 72 | 24.0 | 2.8 | 72 | 24.0 | 12 | 18.2 | 29 | 18.2 | 7 | 2.2 |
Oral Health Technician | 2 | 0.4 | 5 | 95 | 31.7 | 0.9 | 95 | 31.7 | 9 | 13.6 | 24 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Community Health Agent | 51 | 11.4 | 152 | 14 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 14 | 4.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 133 | 42.0 |
Nutritionist | 3 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.6 |
Pharmacist | 3 | 0.7 | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
Pharmacy Technician | 1 | 0.2 | 15 | 5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.9 |
Physiotherapist | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Psychologist | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
Psychiatrist | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 |
Occupational Therapist | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Speech therapist | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
Social Worker | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
Total | 449 | 100 | 1480 | 300 | 100 | 100 | 300 | 100 | 66 | 100 | 159 | 100 | 317 | 100 |