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Table 1 Total recorded case volume in 2018 (361 days)

From: 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

  # Emergency # Elective # Total
# General Surgery 809 1118 1927
 # Weekday 582 (71.9%) 956 (85.5%) 1538 (79.8%)
 # Weekend 227 (28.1%) 162 (14.5%) 389 (20.2%)
#Orthopaedics 464 907 1371
 # Weekday 348 (75.0%) 507 (55.9%) 855 (62.4%)
 # Weekend 116 (25.0%) 400 (44.1%) 516 (37.6%)
# Gynecology 159 360 519
 # Weekday 106 (66.7%) 263 (73.1%) 369 (71.1%)
 # Weekend 53 (33.3%) 97 (26.9%) 150 (28.9%)
#Total 1432 2385 3817
 # Weekday 1036 (72.3%) 1726 (72.4%) 2762 (72.4%)
 # Weekend 396 (27.7%) 659 (27.6%) 1055 (27.6%)