Characteristics of diabetes healthcare providers (N=2704)
| Provider characteristics | 2007 | 2014/2015 | Total | |||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Provider cadre | ||||||
| Medical or specialist doctor | 890 | 73.4 | 842 | 56.4 | 1732 | 64.1 |
| Nurse | 182 | 15.0 | 374 | 25.1 | 556 | 20.6 |
| Midwife | 77 | 6.4 | 219 | 14.7 | 296 | 11.0 |
| Paramedic | 63 | 5.2 | 57 | 3.8 | 120 | 4.4 |
| Total | 1212 | – | 1492 | – | 2704 | – |
| Facility type | ||||||
| Private | 556 | 45.9 | 679 | 45.5 | 1235 | 45.7 |
| Public | 656 | 54.1 | 813 | 54.5 | 1469 | 54.3 |
| Facility location | ||||||
| Urban | 916 | 75.6 | 1089 | 73.0 | 2005 | 74.2 |
| Rural | 296 | 24.4 | 403 | 27.0 | 699 | 25.9 |
| Experience (years) | ||||||
| 0–5 | 376 | 31.0 | 509 | 34.1 | 885 | 32.7 |
| 5–10 | 267 | 22.0 | 377 | 25.3 | 644 | 23.8 |
| 10–20 | 329 | 27.1 | 376 | 25.2 | 705 | 26.1 |
| 20+ | 240 | 19.8 | 230 | 15.4 | 470 | 17.4 |
| Postgraduate training | ||||||
| No training | 529 | 43.6 | 680 | 45.6 | 1209 | 44.7 |
| Ever had non-communicable disease training | 615 | 50.7 | 810 | 54.3 | 1425 | 52.7 |
| Ever had diabetes training | 660 | 54.4 | 768 | 51.5 | 1428 | 52.8 |
| Ever had diabetes drug training | 648 | 53.5 | 742 | 49.7 | 1390 | 51.4 |