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Table 1 Description of participating palliative care services

From: Quality of life among patients receiving palliative care in South Africa and Uganda: a multi-centred study

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)

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

  1. MND = motor neurone disease.