Table 1 Information about sentinel sites that contribute to the Solomon Islands Syndromic Surveillance System
| Â | National referral hospital | Hospitals | Community health facilities | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | Honiara city | Province capital | Province capital | Province capital | Province capital | Province capital | Rural town | Honiara city | Honiara city | Honiara city | National |
Projected 2017 population (% of total population) a | – | 93,953 (14.4%) | 156,787 (24%) | 34,197 (5.2%) | 24,520 (3.8%) | 33,139 (5.1%) | 139,164 (21.3%) | 84,522 (12.9%) | 653,248 (100%) | ||
Services provided | In and out patients, laboratory facilities | In and out patients, laboratory facilities | In and out patients, laboratory facilities | In and out patients, laboratory facilities | In and out patients, laboratory facilities | In and out patients, laboratory facilities | In and out patients | Outpatients | Outpatients | Outpatients | Â |
Operating hours/days a week | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 8–4/7 | 8–4/5 | 8–4/7 |  |
Bed numbers | ~ 300 | ~ 52 | ~ 150 | ~ 20 | ~ 40 | ~ 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Doctors | ~ 50 | ~ 3 | ~ 3 | ~ 2 | ~ 1 | ~ 2 | Visiting once or twice per week | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Mean weekly outpatient through-put (SD) | 536.2 (156.0) | 207.4 (107.4) | – | 157.5 (42.8) | 222.6 (48.4) | 170.2 (27.4) | 390.5 (134.9) | 596.7 (139.1) | 291.4 (103.3) | 542.7 (124.8) | 418.6 (190.8) |
Joined SI-SSS | Jan-12 | Jan-12 | Feb-12 | Feb-12 | Mar-13 | Jun-16 | Apr-14 | Jun-12 | Jun-12 | Jun-12 | Â |
Years involved in SI-SSS | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
Timeliness – proportion of surveillance reports made | 88% | 93% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 70% | 84% | 99% | 92% | 98% | 95% |
Timeliness - proportion of submitted reports received on time | 91% | 87% | 100% | 100% | 88% | 90% | 72% | 97% | 95% | 97% | 93% |