Surgical System Efficiency and Operative Productivity in Public and Private Health Facilities in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation.

Background: Global and local health organizations track surgical system efficiency to improve surgical system performance using various efficiency metrics, such as operating room (OR) output, surgical incision start time (SIST), turnover time (TOT), cancellation rate among elective surgeries, and in-hospital surgery wait time. We evaluated the surgical system efficiency and factors affecting the efficiency in health facilities across Ethiopia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design with retrospective record review was used to evaluate the surgical system efficiency in 163 public and private health facilities in Ethiopia from December 2020 to June 2021.

Compliance with the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist and related postoperative outcomes: a nationwide survey among 172 health facilities in Ethiopia.

Background: Ministry of Health (MOH) of Ethiopia adopted World Health Organization's evidence-proven surgical safety checklist (SSC) to reduce the occurrence of surgical complications, i.e., death, disability and prolong hospitalization.