Table 6.
Relative facility efficiency scores on the delivery of integrated care for people with HIV, diabetes and/or hypertension. Values are given as means and ranges in parentheses
| Clinic | Inputs | Outputs | Relative Efficiency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Drug availabilitya | Staff workload (per 1000 patient visits)b | Number of laboratory tests per patientc | ||||
| Doctors | Nurses | Other staff | |||||
| Overall | 3 (0–8) | 4 (1–11) | 6 (2–16) | 0.82 (0.01–1.00) | 0.39 (0.13–1.36) | 0.61 (0.00–1.81) | 0.86 (0.30–1.00) |
| HIV | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–6) | 4 (2–6) | 1.00 (1.00–1.00) | 0.30 (0.23–0.44) | 0.91 (0.25–1.81) | 0.89 (0.35–1.00) |
| NCD | 1 (0–3) | 2 (1–5) | 6 (2–14) | 0.68 (0.40–1.00) | 0.48 (0.19–1.11) | 0.30 (0.09–0.63) | 1.00 (1.00–1.00) |
| OPD | 5 (3–8) | 7 (4–11) | 9 (3–16) | 0.60 (0.01–1.00) | 0.47 (0.13–1.36) | 0.33 (0.00–1.47) | 0.68 (0.30–1.00) |
NCD non-communicable disease, OPD outpatient department
Other staff: this includes laboratory personnel and pharmacists
aDrug availability — defined as the proportion of patients who get free drugs from the facilities before stock-outs occur
bStaff workload — the number of full-time staff divided by the number of daily patient visits
cNumber of laboratory tests per patient — the number of laboratory tests divided by the number of patients’ visits