Table 1.

Overview of primary data collection tools, respondents and sample sizes, by province

	Provincial department of health data collection	Regional, tertiary, central and specialized hospital data collection					PHC and district hospital data collection
Key domains of data collection instrument	Provincial-level financial allocations to different service levels Subsidies for contracted mental health services Subsidies and service descriptions regarding day and residential care for MHCU	Mental health HRs Medication availability and stock-outs Outpatient and inpatient mental health visits Average length of inpatient mental health admissions Patient load by mental health disorders Readmission rates for MHIAs					Mental health HRs Medication availability and stock-outs Characteristics of designated district hospital 72-hour assessment areas Outpatient and inpatient mental health visits Mental health prevention and promotion campaigns Residential and day care facilities.
Respondents	Provincial director(s) of non-communicable disease, director(s) of mental health and/or mental health co-ordinators	Hospital directors and chief executive officers, psychiatrists, pharmacists, operational managers and nursing managers					District health service co-ordinators and district mental health co-ordinators
Organizational level	Provincial offices	RHs	THs	CHs	SPHs	OSHs	Health districts (PHC facilities and DH)
National target sample size	9	47	18	9	24	6	52
Sample sizes, by province
Eastern Cape	1	2			3		7
Free State	1	2			1		5
Gauteng	0	5	2	1	3	1	5
KwaZulu-Natal	1	6	2	1	5		10
Limpopo	1	3	2		3		5
Mpumalanga	1	3	2				3
North West	1	1	1		1		0
Northern Cape	1	2			2		5
Western Cape	1	1	1	2	4		2
National sample size	8	25	10	4	22	1	42
Response rate	88.9%	53.2%	55.6%	44.4%	91.7%	16.7%	80.8%

PHC facilities, Health Posts, Mobile Clinics, Clinics, CDCs, CHCs; DH, District Hospital; RH, Regional Hospital; TH, Tertiary Hospital; CH, Central Hospital; SPH, Specialized Psychiatric Hospital; OSH, Other Specialized Hospital.