Table 8. Summary of Surgical Deficiencies at Selected DRC Hospitals Compared With Benchmark of DRC Model Normative Hospital
NormativeAbuziBwamandaDembaGomaKabareKinkandaKirotsheLubumbashiMulongoPanziWapindaYakoma
Catchment area, thousands100802002521001551652801,0001001,00070100
Maximum distance to next facility, kmNA652,0009030065250158106565
EESC capacity (of total 32 interventions)32173117302430233231321514
Surgical intervention deficienciesa0%47%3%47%6%25%6%28%0%3%0%53%56%
Cost per inhabitant per year, US$2.17NANA0.08NA0.69NANANANANANANA
  • Abbreviations: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; EESC, emergency essential and surgical care; NA, not applicable.

  • a Calculated as 100 – (EESC capacity/32).