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 4 Elective procedure volume planned vs. completion per operating day

	Planned procedures mean	Planned procedures STDEV	P-value^•	Completed procedures mean	Completed procedures STDEV	P-value^••	Average completion percentage
Theater
1 (General)	2.89	1.03	< 0.0001*	2.35	1.06	< 0.0001*	81.3%
1 (General)	2.89	1.03		1.95	0.76		81.9%
3 (Gynecology)	2.38	0.92		2.65	1.50		81.5%
4 (Orthopaedics)	3.25	1.42		1.89	0.79		76.8%
5 (Septic)	2.46	0.96		1.89	0.79		76.8%
Weekend
Yes	3.76	2.47	< 0.0001*	3.51	2.24	< 0.0001*	93.4%
No	2.70	0.92	< 0.0001*	2.12	0.89	< 0.0001*	78.5%
All Complete
Yes	2.47	1.14	< 0.0001*	2.47	1.14	< 0.0001*	100.0%
No	3.18	1.10	< 0.0001*	1.97	1.10	< 0.0001*	61.9%
Total	2.79	1.18		2.24	1.15		80.3%

^•ANOVA or T-Test analysis of # Planned procedures by Emergency, Theater, Weekend status
^••ANOVA or T-Test analysis of # Completed procedures by Emergency, Theater, Weekend status
*Statistically significant, p<0.05

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