TABLE 2.

Staffing models adopted by the 43 HIV clinics focusing on physician-driven care, with other clinic staff playing supporting roles. The ratios of physicians and clinicians to patients varied among sites and changed substantially over the course of the evaluation as patient loads progressively increased.

Staffing ratios at the end of the first period per facility:
Physician:patient	Median (range): 7.60 (0.12–88.00)
Clinical staff:patient	Median (range): 53.69 (0.53–450.98)
Staffing ratios at the end of the last period per facility:
Physician:patient	Median (range): 1.29 (0–25.07)
Clinical staff:patient	Median (range): 11.61 (2.43–104.18)
Initial ART assessment and prescriptions per facility provided by:
Physicians	42 of 43 (97.7%)
Nurses	1 of 43 (2.3%)
Follow-up HIV care and treatment provided by:
Physicians	40 of 43 (93.0%)
Nurses	3 of 43 (7.0%)

^*Average number of full-time equivalents (FTE) per 1,000 patients (ART and pre-ART).