Hospital characteristics
| Eligible hospitals* | Included | |
| N | n (%) | |
| Region | ||
| Eastern Province | 7 | 5 (71) |
| North West Province | 5 | 5 (100) |
| Northern Province | 8 | 7 (88) |
| Southern Province | 9 | 8 (89) |
| Western Area | 11 | 7 (64) |
| Sector | ||
| Governmental | 19 | 16 (84) |
| Private non-profit | 21 | 16 (76) |
| Total | 40 | 32 (80) |
*Governmental and private non-profit hospitals identified as providing surgery during 2017 mapping surgical activity in Sierra Leone.21