Site | Area served | Service type | Source of most of funding | No. of patients cared for (2007-8) | Type of patients cared for | Number of patients recruited (total N = 285) |
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A | Urban | Home care, day care, outpatient clinic, hospital consultancy, and outreach to healthcare clinics through three branches | Local, national, and international donors | 2396 | Patients with advanced cancer or advanced HIV | 63 |
B | Urban township | Four sister hospices, all offering short term (2-3 week) inpatient care; two also offer home care | Local, national, international donors | 1607 | Patients with HIV, cancer, or other progressive incurable conditions | 62 |
C | Urban township | Home care, outpatient clinic, and inpatient unit attached to hospital | Government and international donors | 1818 | Patients with cancer, HIV, or MND, from diagnosis until point of death | 40 |
D | Rural | Home care and inpatient unit close to hospital | Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria | 847 | Patients with HIV, from diagnosis until point of death | 60 |
E | Rural, peri-urban, and urban township | Home care, day care, and inpatient unit | Local, national, and international donors, including Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria | 1290 | Patients with cancer, HIV, or MND, from diagnosis until point of death | 60 |