Table 4 Comparison of numbers of patients retained on first-line ARV regimen between electronically generated clinic cohort reports and paper-based pharmacy stock cards in electronic-based ART facilities
Quarter two (April to June 2010) | Quarter three (July to September 2010) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First -line regimen | First-line regimen | |||||
ART facility | Clinic¥ | Pharmacy stocks cards | Precision (%)* | Clinic | Pharmacy stocks cards | Precision (%)* |
cohort report | cohort report | |||||
District Hospital | ||||||
Dedza | 1,868 | 1,852 | 99% | 1,949 | 1,955 | 100% |
Martin Preuss | 6,514 | 6,471 | 99% | 7,024 | 6,806 | 97% |
Salima | 2,436 | 2,395 | 98% | 2,586 | 2,429 | 94% |
St Gabriel | 1,412 | 1,542 | 109% | 1,447 | 1,679 | 116% |
Mangochi₣ | - | - | - | 4,145 | 2,326 | 56% |
Total | 12,230 | 12,260 | 17,645 | 15,195 | 86% | |
Central Hospital | ||||||
Lighthouse | 6,161 | 6,023 | 98% | 6,264 | 6,152 | 98% |
Elizabeth | 7,253 | 6,840 | 94% | 7,592 | 7,604 | 100% |
Total | 13,414 | 12,863 | 96% | 13,856 | 13,756 | 99% |