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Range in estimates of physicians, nurses and pharmacists to care for 1000 patients on ART from existing programmes* |
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| Data source |
Physicians |
Nurses |
Pharmacists/pharmacy technicians |
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| Range (mean) patients/FTE |
Range (mean) FTE to treat 1000 on ART |
Range (mean) patients/FTE |
Range (mean) FTE to treat 1000 on ART |
Range (mean) patients/FTE |
Range (mean) FTE to treat 1000 on ART |
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| WHO site visits |
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| Africa |
105–5500 (1030) |
0.18–9.5 (0.97) |
10–333 (141) |
3–100 (7) |
105–100** (588) |
.91–9.5** (1.7) |
| Asia |
217–1007 (675) |
0.99–4.6 (1.48) |
458–533 (486) |
1.9–2.2 (2.1) |
935–1678 (1306) |
.59–1.1 (.77) |
| ATSAP survey*** |
250–833 (525) |
1.2–4 (1.9) |
25–1000 (412) |
1–20 (2.4) |
45–833 (329) |
1.2–9.5 (3.0) |
| Country plans estimate+ |
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| Year 1 |
88–534 |
1.9–11.4 |
112 |
8.9 |
558–629 |
1.6–1.8 |
| Year 5 |
180–2820 |
0.35–5.6 |
126 |
7.9 |
623–2169 |
0.46–1.6 |
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*site with low numbers of patients on ART (<150) reported highest staff to patient ratios. **2 sites reported very high ratios of MDs to patients. ***sites reporting both MDs and medical and clinical officers had ratios of prescribing and evaluation clinicians as low as 70–286. + Plans includes use of other cadres eligible to prescribe other medical doctors. Means could not be calculated based on data available | ||||||
Hirschhorn et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:1 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-1 |
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