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Table 2 Shortest median road distance from patients’ homes to health facilities

From: Effect of distance to health facility on the maintenance of INR therapeutic ranges in rheumatic heart disease patients from Cape Town: no evidence for an association

 

Obs

No. in INR range

Median km (range)

  

MVR = no

MVR = yes

 

All clinics

133

20/28 (71)

47/105 (45)

3.60 (0.2–50.8)

Individual clinicsa

GSH

35

5/7 (71)

15/28 (54)

18.2 (1.6–50.8)

Dr Abdurahman CHC

10

0

3/10 (30)

2.95 (1.0–5.4)

Mitchell’s Plain CHC

21

1/4 (25)

7/17 (41)

2.8 (1.2–5.6)

Heideveld CHC

10

1/2 (50)

3/8 (38)

2.75 (1.6–6.5)

Hanover Park CHC

8

1/1 (100)

4/7 (57)

1.1 (0.2–9.1)

Lady Michaelis CHC

5

1/2 (50)

1/3 (33)

6.4 (1.8–14.0)

Woodstock CHC

4

1/2 (50)

1/2 (50)

1.55 (0.4–14.9)

  1. Obs observations, No number, km kilometres, MVR mechanical valve replacement, GSH Groote Schuur Hospital, CHC community health clinic
  2. aOnly clinics with 3 or more patients were evaluated