Table 1 Patient socio-demographic and referral characteristics by year of entry into the MSF program
Year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic | ||||||||||||
New registrations, n | 149 | 206 | 411 | 388 | 203 | 1357 | ||||||
Monthly Average, n (SD) | 12.4 | (8.1) | 17.2 | (7.2) | 34.3 | (22.8) | 32.3 | (11.3) | 28.9 | (12.7) | 24.7 | (16.0) |
Adult:child ratio | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | ||||||
<15 y male:female ratio | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||||||
>15 y male:female ratio | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | ||||||
Socio-economic needs | ||||||||||||
High need, n (%) | 78 | (53.0) | 119 | (61.0) | 231 | (57.0) | 251 | (65.0) | 143 | (70.0) | 822 | (62.0) |
Some need, n (%) | 61 | (42.0) | 59 | (30.0) | 145 | (36.0) | 119 | (31.0) | 57 | (28.0) | 441 | (33.0) |
Needs covered, n (%) | 7 | (5.0) | 17 | (9.0) | 31 | (8.0) | 14 | (4.0) | 3 | (1.0) | 72 | (5.0) |
Total, n (%) | 146 | (100) | 195 | (100) | 407 | (100) | 384 | (100) | 203 | (100) | 1335 | (100) |
Referral source | ||||||||||||
MSF outreach, n (%) | 77 | (52.0) | 110 | (54.0) | 134 | (33.0) | 88 | (23.0) | 45 | (22.0) | 454 | (34.0) |
Local institution, n (%) | 17 | (11.0) | 34 | (17.0) | 45 | (11.0) | 31 | (8.0) | 17 | (8.0) | 144 | (11.0) |
Self, n (%) | 10 | (7.0) | 20 | (10.0) | 20 | (5.0) | 40 | (10.0) | 28 | (14.0) | 118 | (9.0) |
Ministry of Health, n (%) | 12 | (8.0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (0.0) | 2 | (1.0) | 0 | (0) | 15 | (1.0) |
Community/family, n (%) | 25 | (17.0) | 41 | (20.0) | 209 | (51.0) | 223 | (57.0) | 108 | (53.0) | 606 | (45.0) |
Other, n (%) | 8 | (5.0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (0) | 4 | (1.0) | 5 | (2.0) | 18 | (1.0) |
Total, n (%) | 149 | (100) | 205 | (100) | 410 | (100) | 388 | (100) | 203 | (100) | 1355 | (100) |