Table 5. Avoidable Factors, Missed Opportunities And Substandard Care For Hypertension And Comparison With 2002–2004.
Category | Avoidable factors in assessable cases | |||||
2005–2007 | 2002–2004 | |||||
n | % | n | % | |||
Patient orientated | 232 | 42.4 | 250 | 47.7 | ||
Administrative factors | 196 | 33.4 | 225 | 39.3 | ||
Health-worker orientated | ||||||
Emergency management problems | Level 1 | 219 | 65.2 | 218 | 65.3 | |
Level 2 | 117 | 34.8 | 149 | 51.7 | ||
Level 3 | 70 | 32 | 77 | 35.6 | ||
Resuscitation problems | 136 | 24 | 148 | 27.5 |
Clearly avoidable deaths = 304