Research Article
Qualification of Staff, Organization of Services, and Management of Pregnant Women in Rural Settings: The Case of Diema and Kayes Districts (Mali)
Table 2
Summary of variations in the environment and in work organization under MCPs.
| | Technical and organization aspects | Relational and interpersonal aspects |
| | Work organization | Level of technology | Staff skills | Staffing levels | Competitive environment | Relations with the DHC | Relations with patients |
| Intentional variations | Closer involvement in patient management | Plans to raise the level of technology | Supplementary training in obstetrics | Support for trainees | Individual or collective benchmarking | Maintained | Acquisition of their population’s confidence |
| Unintentional variations | | Equipment (operating suites, ultrasound) provided by the ASACOs with expatriate support | | Attractive to trainees Midwives and obstetric nurses in centres with MCPs | Competition that stimulates performance | | Patients’ preference for more qualified staff |
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