Table 2 Distribution of visits within the cohort: rates per 100 patient-years of observation (absolute numbers in parentheses)
From: Healthcare utilization of patients accessing an African national treatment program
| Outpatient Visits | Inpatient Stays | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period on ART | Initial no. of Patientsa | Patient Years | Deaths | Losses to Programb | HCTC Unscheduled | HCTC Scheduled | Tertiary | Total | Tertiary | Secondary | Tuberculosis | Total | Patients with no inpatient stay (%) |
| Pre-treatment | 211 | 25 |
48 (12) |
382 (96) |
1662 (418) |
115 (29) | 2258 |
243 (61) |
225 (64) |
2051 (516) | 2549 | 89 | |
| 0–16 weeks | 200 | 58 |
26 (15) |
7 (4) |
312 (181) |
996 (557) |
86 (50) | 1427 |
294 (170) |
478 (277) |
130 (75) | 902 | 83 |
| 17–32 weeks | 181 | 55 |
4 (2) |
7 (4) |
174 (95) |
331 (181) |
59 (32) | 593 |
187 (102) |
31 (17) | 218 | 94 | |
| 33–48 weeks | 175 | 53 |
6 (3) |
211 (112) |
352 (187) |
55 (29) | 654 |
75 (40) |
186 (99) |
15 (8) | 276 | 91 | |
| 49–64 weeks | 132 | 89 |
2 (2) |
1 (1) |
173 (153) |
328 (290) |
46 (41) | 573 |
38 (34) |
35 (31) | 73 | 94 | |
| 65–80 weeks | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 81–96 weeks | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 97–112 weeks | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 212 | 279 |
12 (34) |
3 (9) |
228 (637) |
592 (1653) |
63 (181) | 920 |
148 (407) |
175 (488) |
214 (599) | 537 | 62 |
