Table 1.

Characteristics of the study sites in Afghanistan and Haiti

	Ahmad Shah Baba	Kunduz Trauma Centre	Martissant Emergency Centre	Tabarre Surgical and Trauma Centre
Country	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Haiti	Haiti
Location	Kabul City, district 12	Kunduz Province	Port-au-Prince, Martissant district	Port-au-Prince, Tabarre district
Estimated catchment population	219 000	1 000 000	1 200 000	1 000 000
Level of MSF support	Partnership with Ministry of Health	MSF only	MSF only	MSF only
Services offered	OPD ED Maternity IPD: surgery, internal medicine, paediatric	OPD ED IPD trauma care: surgery, orthopaedic ICU, physiotherapy	ED only	OPD ED IPD visceral and trauma care: surgery, orthopaedic ICU, physiotherapy
Type of ED cases	Mixed	Trauma only	Mixed	Visceral surgery and trauma
ED caseload (per month)*	4715	1848	4919	793
Introduction of the SATS	2011	2011	2013	2012

*Mean cases seen per month during 2014.

ICU, intensive care unit; IPD, inpatient department; MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières; OPD, outpatient department; SATS, South African Triage Scale.