Skip to main content

Table 3 Summary of major causes of hospital care utilization prior to and on ART

From: Healthcare utilization of patients accessing an African national treatment program

 

Outpatient visits

Inpatient days

Hospital type

Secondary

Tertiary

Total (%)

Secondary

Tertiary

Total (%)

   Tuberculosis & Bronchiectasis

6

  

703 1

  

   Other bacterial infections

4

7

 

40

12

 

   Cryptococcal Meningitis

14

  

90

42

 

   Other fungal infections

7

3

 

28

  

   Kaposi's sarcoma

 

33

    

   Other HIV-related neoplasms

1

8

  

173

 

   Protozoan infections

3

3

 

19

23

 

   Warts

 

10

  

11

 

   CMV Retinitis

 

15

  

4

 

   Other Viral infections

1

15

 

1

5

 

   Other HIV-related events

2

10

  

17

 

All HIV-related events

  

142 (50)

  

1168 (78)

   Efavirenz reaction

   

5

13

 

   Nevirapine reaction

   

1

21

 

   Stavudine reaction

11

  

56

19

 

All ART drug reactions

  

11 (4)

  

115 (8)

Investigations 2

14

 

14 (5)

  

-

   Antenatal care

4

8

 

7

21

 

   Gynecological

 

7

  

9

 

   Hepatic

6

12

 

16

6

 

   Ophthalmic

 

19

  

5

 

   Cardio-vascular

5

  

46

  

   Other

24

31

 

75

26

 

All non-HIV-related events

  

116 (41)

  

211 (14)

Total

102

181

 

1087

407

 
  1. 1 Includes admissions to specialist tuberculosis hospital. 2 Cause remained uncertain after investigation.