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Table 5 Comparison of time required to compile cohort reports between paper-based cohort report andpharmacy stock records in paper-based ART facilities

From: Simplifying ART cohort monitoring: Can pharmacy stocks provide accurate estimates of patients retained on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi?

  

Clinic cohort report

Pharmacy stocks cards

ART facility*

ART patients registered

Staff (N)

Hours

Staff (N)

Hours

Chipini

1,265

3

10

1

0.75

Bangwe

2,548

5

5

1

1.33

Ndirande

3,411

4

24

1

2.5

Malamulo

3,072

2

18

1

1

Mchinji

3,891

8

10

1

2

Average

2,837

 

13.4

 

2.25

  1. *There were 5 ART facilities that used paper-based reporting systems in the period between July and September 2010.