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Table 7 No of facilities that had availability of staff, drugs, equipment and supplies

From: Designing a comprehensive Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) programme for hypertension and diabetes at primary health care level: evidence and experience from urban Karnataka, South India

Section 1: Staff availability

#

Staff Designation

Public (n = 4)

Private (n = 7)

  

UPHC (n = 2)

Higher hospitals (n = 2)

Primary Clinics (n = 3)

Higher hospitals (n = 4)

1

Endocrinologist/Diabetologist

0

2

0

4

2

Cardiologist

0

1

0

1

3

MBBS Medical Officer

2

2

2

2

4

Alternative Medicine Medical Officer

0

0

1

1

5

Pharmacist

2

2

0

2

6

Laboratory Technician

2

2

0

3

7

NCD Counsellor

0

2

0

1

8

Junior Health Assistant/Staff Nurse

2

2

0

3

9

Data Entry Operator

1

2

0

1

10

Office Assistant

2

2

1

3

Section 2: Availability of diagnostics, treatments, equipment and records

#

 

Public (n = 4)

Private (n = 7)

 

Availability of basic equipment

UPHC (n = 2)

Hospitals (n = 2)

Primary Clinics (n = 3)

Hospitals (n = 4)

1

Adult Weighing Scale

2

2

3

4

2

Blood Pressure Apparatus

2

2

3

4

3

Stethoscope

2

2

3

4

4

Stature Meter (for Height measurement)

2

2

3

4

 

Availability of diagnostics

5

Blood glucose- FBS, PPBS

2

2

3

4

6

HbA1C

0

1

0

3

7

Lipid Profile

0

1

0

3

8

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

0

2

0

2

9

Echocardiograph (ECHO)

0

0

0

1

10

Retinal examination

0

0

0

0

11

Kidney function tests

0

1

0

2

 

Availability of medicines

12

Oral anti- diabetics

2

2

2

4

13

Oral anti-hypertensives

2

2

2

4

14

Insulin- Injection/ Premix

1

2

2

3

15

Anti-dyslipidaemia drugs

1

2

2

4

16

Documentation

    

17

NCD screening register/follow up register

2

1

0

1

18

Laboratory register

2

1

0

1