Table 5.
Optimal number of STIs that could be treated at the STI clinics.
| STI clinic* | Doctor full-time equivalents available | Number of STIs treated in fiscal year 2003–2004 | Optimal number of STIs that could be treated† | Percent increase if optimal number treated | ||
| Total | Male (%) | Female (%) | ||||
| Medical college hospitals | ||||||
| MC6 | 1.20 | 1.20 (100) |
0 (0) |
2223 | 1500 | |
| MC5 | 1.50 | 1.25 (83.3) |
0.25 (16.7) |
1743 | 1875 | 8 |
| MC4 | 3.00 | 1.50 (50.0) |
1.50 (50.0) |
2186 | 3750 | 72 |
| MC3 | 2.46 | 1.96 (79.7) |
0.50 (20.3) |
1921 | 3075 | 60 |
| MC2 | 1.50 | 1.50 (100) |
0 (0) |
1078 | 1875 | 74 |
| MC1 | 5.50 | 5.00 (90.9) |
0.50 (9.1) |
2784 | 6875 | 147 |
| All MC | 15.16 | 12.41 (81.9) |
2.75 (18.1) |
11935 | 18950 | 59 |
| District headquarter hospitals | ||||||
| DHQ1 | 0.40 | 0.40 (100) |
0 (0) |
1759 | 500 | |
| DHQ2 | 0.33 | 0 (0) |
0.33 (100) |
1320 | 413 | |
| DHQ3 | 1.25 | 0.25 (20.0) |
1.00 (80.0) |
1012 | 1563 | 54 |
| DHQ4 | 1.00 | 1.00 (100) |
0 (0) |
323 | 1250 | 287 |
| All DHQ | 2.98 | 1.65 (55.4) |
1.33 (44.6) |
4414 | 3725 | |
| Area hospitals | ||||||
| AH2 | 0.20 | 0.20 (100) |
0 (0) |
582 | 250 | |
| AH4 | 0.58 | 0.33 (56.9) |
0.25 (43.1) |
767 | 725 | |
| AH3 | 1.00 | 0.70 (70.0) |
0.30 (30.0) |
558 | 1250 | 124 |
| AH1 | 0.81 | 0.31 (38.5) |
0.50 (61.5) |
551 | 1016 | 84 |
| All AH | 2.59 | 1.54 (59.5) |
1.05 (40.5) |
2458 | 3241 | 32 |
| Total | 20.73 | 15.60 (75.3) |
5.13 (24.7) |
18807 | 25916 | 38 |
*STI clinics arranged within each hospital type category in decreasing order of cost-efficiency, i.e. increasing order of cost per STI treated.
†Based on the assumption that one full-time equivalent doctor could satisfactorily treat 1250 STIs in a year, as described in the methods section.