TABLE 2.
The supplementary and outreach medical mental healthcare services at public rural primary healthcare institutions per province.
| Variable | EC | FS | KZN | LIM | MPU | NC | NW | WC | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| GMO weekly MHC sessions | ||||||||||||||||||
| None | 30 | 96.8 | 7 | 100.0 | 26 | 83.4 | 34 | 94.4 | 17 | 100 | 10 | 100 | 13 | 92.9 | 11 | 100.0 | 147 | 91.9 |
| One | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5·6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Two | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3.1 |
| Three | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Psychiatrists’ outreach sessions | ||||||||||||||||||
| None | 27 | 87.1 | 3 | 42.9 | 16 | 47.1 | 9 | 25.0 | 17 | 100 | 10 | 100 | 13 | 92.9 | 4 | 36.4 | 99 | 61.9 |
| Monthly | 3 | 9.7 | 3 | 42.9 | 16 | 47.1 | 20 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 6 | 54.5 | 49 | 30.6 |
| Bimonthly | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 5.9 | 7 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 12 | 7.5 |
EC, Eastern Cape; FS, Free State; KZN, Kwazulu-Natal; LIM, Limpopo; MPU, Mpumalanga; NC, Northern Cape; NW, North West; WC, Western Cape; MHC, mental healthcare; GMO, general medical officer.