Improving data quality and supervision of antiretroviral therapy sites in Malawi: an application of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling

Table 1 Site Characteristics

Characteristics of sites		Sites included		National ART program
		n = 19		n = 249
Patient burden
	100 patients or fewer	4	21%	52	21%
	101 - 500 patients	6	32%	72	29%
	501 - 1000 patients	3	16%	39	16%
	more than 1000 patients	6	32%	86	35%
Public clinics		13	68%	199	80%
Length of time providing treatment ^†
	3 months or less	3	16%	13	5%
	3 months to 2 years	3	16%	73	29%
	2 to 4 years	3	16%	103	41%
	more than 4 years	10	53%	60	24%
Certificate given at last supervision visit		(n = 15)		(n = 204)
		5	33%	98	48%

^† Restricted to public sector sites. Originally, private and public sector sites were supervised separately. As a result, the national ART program records do not document length of time providing treatment for all private sector sites and these were excluded.

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