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Table 4 Numbers of patients examined by cadres per level

From: Scaling up the delivery of refractive error services within a district health system: the KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa experience

Level

Cadre

Jul 07 - Dec 07

Jan 08 - Jun 08

Jul 08 - Dec 08

Jan 09 - Jun 09

Jul 09 - Dec 09

Jan 10 -June 10

Jul 10 - Dec 10

Jan 11 - to Jun 11

TOTALS

PHC

PHC Nurses

4417

8736

20373

51820

63291

84346

71153

99422

403558

District

Ophthalmic Nurses

40867

51087

49740

44576

39360

43419

26534

36444

332027

Optometrists

4393

6527

6570

15774

18466

23648

14828

15973

106179

Regional

Ophthalmic Nurses

9006

27272

31856

31985

9387

4756

6092

4825

125179

Optometrists

2806

1689

4617

5961

7011

9821

6001

8241

46147

Tertiary

Ophthalmic Nurses

6061

5865

3026

326

5202

5124

5474

5797

36875

Optometrists

1715

2136

667

1616

1531

2051

1727

2320

13763

Quaternary

Optometrists

0

7

0

0

150

189

0

13

359

TOTALS

 

69265

103319

116849

152058

144398

173354

131809

173035

1064087