Estimating the number of antiretroviral treatment facilities based on the Wilson-Blower method

[...]by using population data as reported in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health 2004 annual report [3], and based on a 10% HIV prevalence, we determined the HIV population per district and also as a percentage of the total HIV population in the province. [...]we calculated the number of ART HCFs...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS medicine 2005-08, Vol.2 (8), p.e270-e270
1. Verfasser:	Malangu, Ntambwe
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Retroviral Agents - supply & distribution Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use Correspondence and Other Communications Epidemiology/Public Health Ethics Health Care Rationing Health Facilities Health Policy Health Services Accessibility Health Services Needs and Demand HIV HIV Infection/AIDS HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Medical Ethics Medicine in Developing Countries Models, Economic Pharmacology/Drug Discovery Population Public health Resource allocation and rationing South Africa
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]by using population data as reported in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health 2004 annual report [3], and based on a 10% HIV prevalence, we determined the HIV population per district and also as a percentage of the total HIV population in the province. [...]we calculated the number of ART HCFs, based on the premise that 54 ART HCFs will serve 100% of the HIV population in the province.
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.0020270