Table 2 |
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Range of task assignments to physicians (MDs) and other providers in existing programmes providing ART visited by WHO as part of HRH assessments, or who responded to ATSAP survey |
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Africa |
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| Assess eligibility |
50% MD only 38% MD and nurse |
63% MD only 12% MD and other provider type 25% Other provider types only |
| Initiate |
89% MD only |
75% MD only 25% MD and other provider types |
| Assess toxicity/failure |
22% MD only 78% MD and other provider types |
All include MD, most MD only |
| Adherence support |
54% MD or MD and other providers types 44% other provider types only. |
33% MD or MD and other provider types 67% other provider types only |
| Routine follow-up |
Not noted |
88% MD or MD and other provider types 12% other provider types only |
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Hirschhorn et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:1 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-1 |
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