Table 3 Assessing the influence of managers’ socio demographic, hospital and health management characteristics on attainment of formal training in health management
Training in Health Mgt. | Chi-Square | df | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | No formal | ||||
Age | |||||
25–35 years | 6(42.9) | 8(57.1) | 6.893 | 2 | .032 |
35–45 years | 42(76.4) | 13(23.6) | |||
45–60 years | 27(77.1) | 8(22.9) | |||
Sex | |||||
Male | 45(68.2) | 21(31.8) | 1.390 | 1 | .238 |
Female | 30(78.9) | 8(21.1) | |||
Academic qualifications | |||||
1st Degree | 14(38.9) | 22(61.1) | 33.207 | 1 | < .001 |
Higher Degree | 59(92.2) | 5(7.8) | |||
Hospital type | |||||
Private | 19(43.2) | 25(56.8) | 32.365 | 3 | < .001 |
Government | 37(90.2) | 4(9.8) | |||
Non-governmental | 5(100.0) | 0(0.0) | |||
Faith based | 14(100.0) | 0(0.0) | |||
No. of hospital bed | |||||
25–50 beds | 8(30.8) | 18(69.2) | 29.981 | 2 | < .001 |
50–100 beds | 46(88.5) | 6(11.5) | |||
> 100 beds | 21(80.8) | 5(19.2) | |||
Number of staff | |||||
Below 25 | 10(50.0) | 10(50.0) | 18.830 | 3 | < .001 |
25–50 | 20(57.1) | 15(42.9) | |||
50–100 | 32(88.9) | 4(11.1) | |||
100 and above | 13(100.0) | 0(0.0) | |||
Current designation | |||||
Administrative officer | 23(92.0) | 2(8.0) | 16.944 | 3 | .001 |
Hospital administrator | 14(73.7) | 5(26.3) | |||
CEO/Hospital director | 7(36.8) | 12(63.2) | |||
Medical director | 31(75.6) | 10(24.4) | |||
Experience in hospital mgt. | |||||
Less than 2 years | 20(83.3) | 4(16.7) | 2.076 | 2 | .354 |
3–10 years | 33(67.3) | 16(32.7) | |||
> 10 years | 22(71.0) | 9(29.0) | |||
Informal training | |||||
In-service training | 64(72.7) | 24(27.3) | – | – | 1.000* |
Mentoring | 11(73.3) | 4(26.7) | |||
Intention to attend within 5 years | |||||
Yes | 44(67.7) | 21(32.3) | 1.686 | 1 | .194 |
No | 31(79.5) | 8(20.5) | |||