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Table 3 Basic Referral Data Per Hospital

From: Surgical ambulance referrals in sub-Saharan Africa – financial costs and coping strategies at district hospitals in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia

Country

District hospital

Main referral centre

Distance (one-way, in kilometres)

Number of referral trips undertaken in 12 months

Number of functional hospital ambulances + District ambulances

Tanzania

Meru

Mt Meru/KCMC

26a

624

2 + 5

Oltrumet

Mt Meru

14

52

1 + 0 + b

Longido

Mt Meru

77

103

1 + 3

Same

KCMC

110

384

1 + 4 + b

Hai

KCMC

27

425

2 + 0

Huruma

KCMC

56

270

2 + 0

Kilema

KCMC

40

416

1 + 0

Malawi

Mulanje

QECH

64

365

2 + 5

Nsanje

QECH

220

180

4 + 3

Mwanza

QECH

105

240

2 + 1c

Zambia

Namwala

Choma/LCH/UTH

278a

51

1 + 1

Zimba

LCH

76

248

1 + 2

Siavonga

UTH

200

22

1 + 1

Nangoma

UTH

131

131

2 (1c)

  1. aWeighted average distance; bMobile clinic; cTemporarily grounded
  2. KCMC Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre; QECH Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital; LCH Livingstone Central Hospital; UTH University Teaching Hospital