Table 8

Staffing requirements for 2000 patients proposed by AIDS Healthcare Foundation**

Service Provider
Basic*
Total to treat 1000 patients on ART
Intermediate or advanced
Total to treat 1000 patients on ART

Senior physician
0
0.5 (any MD)
1
1 (any MD)
Physician
1

1

Senior nurse
1
2 (any nurse)
1
3 (any nurse)
Junior nurse
3

5

Front office manager
1
0.5
2
1
Administrative assistant
1
0.5
1
0.5
Total
7
3.5
11
5.5

*Basic care includes access to first-line ART, cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, and limited lab monitoring. Intermediate and advanced care includes second line ART as well as more advanced OI management and lab monitoring.

**H. Chang, personal communication, 2003

Hirschhorn et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:1   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-1