Table 4.
Comparison of numbers of patients retained on first-line ARV regimen between electronically generated clinic cohort reports and paper-based pharmacy stock cards in electronic-based ART facilities
| |
Quarter two (April to June 2010) |
Quarter three (July to September 2010) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
First -line regimen |
First-line regimen |
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|
ART facility |
Clinic¥ |
Pharmacy stocks cards |
Precision (%)* |
Clinic |
Pharmacy stocks cards |
Precision (%)* |
| cohort report | cohort report | |||||
|
District Hospital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dedza |
1,868 |
1,852 |
99% |
1,949 |
1,955 |
100% |
| Martin Preuss |
6,514 |
6,471 |
99% |
7,024 |
6,806 |
97% |
| Salima |
2,436 |
2,395 |
98% |
2,586 |
2,429 |
94% |
| St Gabriel |
1,412 |
1,542 |
109% |
1,447 |
1,679 |
116% |
| Mangochi₣ |
- |
- |
- |
4,145 |
2,326 |
56% |
|
Total |
12,230 |
12,260 |
|
17,645 |
15,195 |
86% |
|
Central Hospital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lighthouse |
6,161 |
6,023 |
98% |
6,264 |
6,152 |
98% |
| Elizabeth |
7,253 |
6,840 |
94% |
7,592 |
7,604 |
100% |
| Total | 13,414 | 12,863 | 96% | 13,856 | 13,756 | 99% |
₣Mangochi was included in quarter three analysis because of the introduction of an electronic data system. ¥ Electronically generated cohort report. *Precisions is a measure of the degree of agreement for ART retention estimates from pharmacy stock records versus clinic cohort report estimates.