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Table 3 Appointment categories and types

From: Health workforce needs in Malawi: analysis of the Thanzi La Onse integrated epidemiological model of care

Appointment category

Appointment type

IPOP

InpatientDays, IPAdmission (Inpatient admission and discharge), Under5OPD (Outpatient visit for under 5 years old), Over5OPD

RMNCH

NormalDelivery, CompDelivery (Complicated delivery), Csection, FamPlan (Family Planning), AntenatalFirst (Antenatal care first visit),

ANCSubsequent (Antenatal care follow-up visit), EPI (Vaccination in Expanded Programme on Immunisation), STI (Sexually transmitted infections treatment)

NUTRITION

U5Malnutr (Malnutrion treatment for under 5 years old)

MISC

AccidentsandEmerg, MajorSurg (Major surgery), MinorSurg

TB

TBNew (TB first visit), TBFollowUp (TB follow-up visit)

HIV

VCTNegative (HIV test negative), VCTPositive, MaleCirc (Male circumcision),

NewAdult (on ART), EstMedCom (Established medically complex adult on ART), EstNonCom (Established non-medically complex adult on ART),

PMTCT (Pregnant female on ART), Peds (Pediatrics on ART)

LABORATORY

LabHaem, LabPOC, LabParasit, LabBiochem, LabMicrobio, LabMolec, LabTBMicro, LabSero, LabCyto, LabTrans

RADIOGRAPHY

Ultrasound, Mammography, MRI, Tomography, Radiotherapy, DiagRadio

DENTAL

DentAccidEmerg (Dental accidents and emergency visit), DentSurg (Dental surgery), DentalU5(Dental outpatient visit for under 5 years old), DentalO5

MENTAL

MentOPD (Mental outpatient visit), MentClinic (Mental clinic visit)

ConWithDCSA

ConWithDCSA (Health Consultation with DCSA)

  1. The selection of appointment categories and types follows that used by the HSSP III HRH Annex, which are based on Malawi's Health Benefits Package [32]