Understanding surgical care delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional analysis of surgical volume, operations, and financing at a tertiary referral hospital in rural Tanzania

Table 3 Eligible operating days with completion

	Calendar days	Operating days	Percent of eligible days operated	Fully completed operating days	Percent of fully completed operating days	P-Value^•
Total
Emergency
Emergency	153	150	98.0%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Elective	612	410	67.0%	224	54.6%	N/A
Theater
1 (General)	153	104	68.0%	50	48.1%	N/A
2 (Emergency)	153	150	98.0%	N/A	N/A
3 (Gynecology)	153	74	48.4%	48	64.9%
4 (Orthopaedics)	153	122	79.7%	63	51.6%
5 (Septic)	153	110	71.9%	63	57.3%
Weekend
Yes	220	81	36.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
No	545	479	87.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Elective
Theater
1 (General)	153	104	68.0%	50	48.1%	0.128
3 (Gynecology)	153	74	48.4%	48	64.9%
4 (Orthopaedics)	153	122	79.7%	63	51.6%
5 (Septic)	153	110	71.9%	63	57.3%
Weekend
Yes	176	37	21.0%	27	73.0%	0.019*
No	436	373	85.6%	197	52.8%	0.019*
Total	765	560	73.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A

^•χ2 analysis Fully Completed Days by Emergency, Theater, Weekend status; tests n/a when fully completed operating days are not measurable (i.e. when emergency cases are in the dataset)
*Statistically significant, p<0.05

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