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. 2017 Feb 15;9(1):1151. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1151

TABLE 1.

Service delivery of care and screening services.

Facility type Hospital 1: Mission hospital Hospital 2: Mission hospital Hospital 3: District hospital Hospital 4: Rural hospital Hospital 5: Central hospital Health centres
NCD service delivery
Model of NCD delivery General OPD Dedicated NCD clinic Dedicated NCD clinic General OPD Specialist medical OPD General services
Total OPD consultations per facility in February 2014a,c 2343 1062 7271 5870 9885 1850c
Consultations for hypertension per facility in February 2014b 56 (2.4%) 31 (2.9%) 234 (3.2%) 29 (4.9%) 593 (6%) 12 (0.7%)c
Consultations for diabetes per facility in February 2014b 10 (0.4%) 1 (0%) 55 (0.9%) 6 (0.1%) 238 (2.4%) 0 (0%)c
Integration of NCD and ART care
Both in same consultation N N N N N 48%c
Both same day, different consultation N Y Y Y N 40%c
Both services available but on different days Y N N N Y 12%c
Screening for NCDs at OPD
Weight Y Y N N N 0%c
Height N N N N N 0%c
Blood pressure Y Y N N Y 0%c
Glucose N N N N N 0%c
Screening for NCDs at ART clinic
Weight Y Y Y Y Y 100%c
Height Y Y Y Y Y 88%c
Blood pressure Y N N N N 0%c
Glucose N N N N N 0%c

Source: Cross-sectional quantitative survey

OPD, outpatients department; NCDs, non-communicable diseases; ART, Antiretroviral Therapy; Y, yes; N, no; NA, not applicable.

a

All OPD consultations including NCD consultations.

b

Percentages of total OPD consultations are shown in brackets under total or average numbers.

c

Average for 25 health centres.