Table 1

District characteristics, patient numbers and indicators of workload [22-25]
District
 Lejwele-
putswa
 Motheo
 Thabo
Mofutsanyana
 Xhariep
 Fezile
Dabi
 Free State
Population size
 641 391
 755 521
 751 450
 142 601
 465 958
 2 756 921
Antenatal HIV prevalence (2004)
 33.0%
 27.6%
 27.1%
 21.3%
 32.2%
 29.5%
Patient numbers:





- Enrolled
 5 679
 9 004
 8 248
 2 170
 3 935
 29 036
- Eligible
 2 629
 3 262
 3 530
 785
 1 348
 11 554
- On treatment
 1 117
 1 536
 1 806
 359
 882
 5 700
Approved nurse post: patient ratios:





- Enrolled
 1:227
 1:375
 1:357
 1:103
 1:179
 1:252
- Eligible
 1:105
 1:136
 1:153
 1:37
 1:61
 1:100
- On treatment
 1:45
 1:64
 1:79
 1:17
 1:40
 1:50

Note: Although the cited patient numbers represent the official figures for the Free State, they are considered an undercount. A more accurate estimate of the total number of patients ever started on ART by end December 2006, was around 7105, based on the number of prescriptions dispensed by the provincial pharmaceutical services.

van Rensburg et al. Human Resources for Health 2008 6:15   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-6-15

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